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Events in the year 1899 in India.
Incumbents
- Empress of India – Queen Victoria
- Viceroy of India – Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin
- Viceroy of India – George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (from 6 January)
Events
- National income - ₹6,715 million
- 4 January - Fire from a quarantined Indian made vessel gutted 300 homes and numerous British owned factories in Fort Kochi. [1] [2]
- 1 May - Swami Vivekananda founded the Ramakrishna Mission at Calcutta.
- 6 June - Sivakasi riots of 1899 between Nadar and Maravar communities. [3]
- 31 December - The Sunset of the Century written by Rabindranath Tagore.
Dates unknown
Law
Births
- 15 February – Mani Madhava Chakyar, master Chakyar Koothu and Koodiyattam artist (died 1990).
- 10 October – Baldev Upadhyaya, Sanskrit scholar, literary historian, essayist and critic (died 1999).
- 26 December - Udham Singh, freedom fighter (died 1940).
- 30 March - Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay, an unparalleled Bengali story writer, novelist and a pioneer in the genre of historical fiction in Bengali literature.
Full date unknown
Deaths
References
- ^ "Column of fire". The Hindu. 1 January 2014. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ Service, Express News (5 January 2016). "It's 127 Years Since 'Chandrabhanu' Gutted 'Cochi'". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ "RIOTS IN MADRAS PRESIDENCY. (Hansard, 15 June 1899)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ "Indian Stamp Act". India Code. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ "Government Buildings Act". India Code. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
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