1873 in India

Events in the year 1873 in India.

Incumbents

• Thomas Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook, Viceroy

Events

• National income - 3,441 million
• Bihar famine of 1873–74

Law

• Indian Oaths Act
• Government Savings Promotion Act
• Government Saving Banks Act
• East India Stock Dividend Redemption Act (British statute)
• East India Loan Act (British statute)
• Indian Railway Companies Act (British statute)
• Extradition Act (British statute)
• Slave Trade Act (British statute)

Births

• 19 December – Upendranath Brahmachari, scientist and medical practitioner (died 1946).

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