Events in the year 1899 in India.
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Incumbents edit
- 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 edit
- National income - ₹6,715 million
- Swami Vivekananda founded the Ramakrishna Mission at Calcutta on 1 May.
- 31 December - The Sunset of the Century written by Rabindranath Tagore.
Law edit
Births edit
- 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.
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Deaths edit
References edit
- ^ "Indian Stamp Act". India Code. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ "Government Buildings Act". India Code. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
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