1872 in India

Events in the year 1872 in India.

Incumbents

• Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo, Viceroy
• Sir John Strachey, acting Viceroy (9–23 February)
• Francis Napier, 10th Lord Napier, acting Viceroy (24 February – 3 May)
• Thomas Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook, Viceroy (from 3 May)

Events

• National income - ₹3,376 million
• 8 February - Viceroy of India, Lord Mayo killed by a prisoner of Cellular Jail, Sher Ali Afridi.

Law

• Indian Evidence Act
• Indian Contract Act
• Indian Christian Marriage Act
• Naturalisation Act (British statute)
• Civil Marriage Act

Births

• 14 April – Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Islamic scholar who translated the Qur'an into English (died 1953).
• 15 August – Sri Aurobindo, nationalist, scholar, poet, mystic, evolutionary philosopher, yogi and guru (died 1950).
• 25 December – Ganganath Jha, scholar of Sanskrit, Indian philosophy and Buddhist philosophy (died 1941).

Deaths

• 8 February – Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo, Viceroy

References