1882 in India

Events in the year 1882 in India.

Incumbents

• Empress of India — Queen Victoria

Events

Births

• 1 July — Bidhan Chandra Roy, second Chief Minister of West Bengal (d.1962).
• 11 December — Subramanya Bharathi, poet, independence fighter and reformer (d.1921).

Deaths

• 6 January — Bharatendu Harishchandra, writer and poet (b.1850).