1880 in India

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Events in the year 1880 in India.

Incumbents

• Empress of India – Queen Victoria
• Viceroy of India – Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
• Viceroy of India – George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon (from 8 June)

Events

• National income - ₹4,025 million
• 18 September – 151 people were buried in a landslip at Naini Tal following 36 inches (910 mm) of rain in 68 hours.^[1][2]

Law

• Religious Societies Act
• Kazis Act
• East India Loan (East Indian Railway Debentures) Act (British statute)
• India Stock (Powers of Attorney) Act (British statute)

Births

• 16 March – Rajshekhar Basu, writer, chemist and lexicographer (died 27 April 1960).
• 31 July – Munshi Premchand, foremost Writer in Hindu-Urdu Literature and Indian Freedom fighter (died 8 October 1936).
• Abul Muhasin Muhammad Sajjad, scholar, freedom fighter and founder of Muslim Independent Party (died 1940).

References

1. "The Terrible Accident at Naini Tal". The Cornishman. No. 119. 21 October 1880. p. 4.
2. Murphy, C W (1906). A Guide to Naini Tai and Kumaun. United Provinces: Allahbad.