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1872 in India
Events in the year
1872 in India
.
Incumbents
Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo
, Viceroy
Sir
John Strachey
, acting Viceroy (9âÂÂ23 February)
Francis Napier, 10th Lord Napier
, acting Viceroy (24 February â 3 May)
Thomas Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook
, Viceroy (from 3 May)
Events
National income - â¹3,376 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 âÂÂ
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
,
Islamic scholar
who translated the
Qur'an
into
English
(died
1953
).
15 August âÂÂ
Sri Aurobindo
, nationalist, scholar, poet,
mystic
,
evolutionary philosopher
,
yogi
and
guru
(died
1950
).
25 December âÂÂ
Ganganath Jha
, scholar of
Sanskrit
,
Indian philosophy
and
Buddhist philosophy
(died
1941
).
Deaths
8 February âÂÂ
Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo
, Viceroy
References