1891 in India

Events in the year 1891 in India.

Incumbents

• Empress of India – Queen Victoria
• Viceroy of India – Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne
• The Queen of The Green River

Events

• National income - 5,304 million
• 1 January - Malayali Memorial petition filed before king of Travancore.

Births

• 14 April – B. R. Ambedkar, nationalist, jurist, Dalit political leader and a Buddhist revivalist (d.1956).

Law

• Easements Act
• Bankers Books Evidence Act
• Mail Ships Act (British statute)
• Coinage Act (British statute)

References