1856 in India
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Events in the year 1856 in India.
Incumbents
- The Marquess of Dalhousie, Governor-General (since 1848)
- Charles Canning, Governor-General
Events
- 25 July - Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act, 1856
- Annexation of the Kingdom of Oudh
Births
- 4 March - Toru Dutt, poet (died 1877).
- 14 June - Ahmed Rida Khan, Sunni Muslim scholar and founder of Barelwi school of thought (died 1921).
- 23 July - Bal Gangadhar Tilak, nationalist, social reformer and independence fighter (died 1920).
- 20 August - Narayana Guru (died 1928)
Deaths
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