1856 in India
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Events in the year 1856 in India.
Incumbents
- Queen Victoria, Monarch of United Kingdom.
- James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie, Governor-General of India (since 12 January 1848)
- Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning, Governor-General of India (till 21 March 1862)
Events
- 11 February– Nawab Wajid Ali Shah deposed. He was last King of Oudh State, reigned 13 February 1847 – 11 February 1856. Annexation of the Kingdom of Oudh[1]
- 28 February – End the tenure of Governor-General of India James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie.[2]
- 28 February – Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning became Governor-General of India (till 21 March 1862)
- 25 July – Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act, 1856
Law
- Indian Bills of Lading Act[3]
- Foreign Tribunals Evidence Act (British statute)
Births
- 4 March – Toru Dutt, poet (died 1877).[4]
- 1 April – Acacio Gabriel Viegas, Goan physician (died 1933)[5]
- 14 June – Ahmed Rida Khan, Sunni Muslim scholar and founder of Barelwi school of thought (died 1921).[6]
- 23 July – Bal Gangadhar Tilak, nationalist, social reformer and independence fighter (died 1920).[7]
- 20 August – Narayana Guru (died 1928)[8]
References
- ↑ Digital Library Of India. The Administration Of Avadh.
- ↑ Hunter, W. W. (1890). The Marquess of Dalhousie and the Final Development of the Company's Rule. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- ↑ Legislative Council of India (1856), Act No. IX of 1856, Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India.
- ↑ "Toru Dutt | Biography | Research Starters | EBSCO Research". EBSCO. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
- ↑ Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai & Haffkine Institute Historical Archives (Role of Dr. A. G. Viegas in the 1896 Bombay Plague).
- ↑ Ahmad Riza Khan Barelwi. 1 December 2012. ISBN 978-1-78074-189-5.
- ↑ Wolpert, Stanley A. (1962). Tilak and Gokhale: Revolution and Reform in the Making of Modern India. University of California Press.
- ↑ Sanoo, M. K. (1978). Narayana Guru: A Biography. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan.