1879 in India
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Events in the year 1879 in India.
Incumbents
- Empress of India — Queen Victoria
- Viceroy of India - Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
Events
- The Bombay Dyeing & Mfg. Co. Ltd., a textile company, established
Births
- K. N. Sivaraja Pillai (1879-1941) Indian historian, dravidologist and professor (d. 1941).
Deaths
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