1867 in India

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Events in the year 1867 in India.

Incumbents

• Sir John Lawrence, Governor-General of India, 12 January 1864 – 12 January 1869
• Colonel Henry Errington Longden, Adjutant-General of India, January 1866–March 1869
• Lord Napier, Governor of Madras, 1866-1872
• Chhatar Sal Singh II, Maharao of Kota State, 27 March 1866 – 11 June 1889
• Sagramji II Devaji (Sagramji Bhanabhai), Thakur of Gondal State, 1851-14 December 1869
• Bham Pratap Singh, Raja and Maharajah of Bijawar State, 23 November 1847 – 15 September 1899
• Shri Singh, Raja of Chamba State, 1844-1870
• Ranmalsinhji Amarsinhji, Raj Sahib of Dhrangadhra State, 9 April 1843 – 16 October 1869
• Madan Pal, Maharaja of Karauli State, 4 March 1854 – 16 August 1869
• Pratap Singh Deo, Maharajah of Patna, 1866-1878
• Afzal ad-Dawlah, Asaf Jah V, Nizam of Hyderabad, 16 May 1857 – 26 February 1869
• Ram Singh I, Raja of Sitamau State, 1802-1867
• Bhawani Singh, Raja of Sitamau State, 1867-28 May 1885
• Khem Savant IV "Bapu Sahib" Bhonsale, Raja Bahadur of Sawantwadi State, 3 October 1812 – 1867
• Phond Savant IV "Bapu Sahib" Bhonsale, Raja Bahadur of Sawantwadi State, 1867-7 March 1869
• William Reierson Arbuthnot, member of the Madras Legislative Council, 1866-1870

Events

• Hindus in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh demanded that Hindi be made an official language in place of Urdu.^[1]
• The central government switches from a May-April fiscal year to an April-March one to align with that of the British government.^[2]
• British Indian soldiers participate in the British Expedition to Abyssinia from 1867-1868
• Jesuits destroy the ruins of the Chudamani Vihara
• Punjab Murderous Outrages Act 1867 was passed
• British soldiers mounted the Andaman Islands Expedition, landing on Little Andaman on 21 March
• Prarthana Samaj, a movement for religious and social reform in Bombay, was founded
• Administration of the Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867 was passed
• Public Gambling Act of 1867 is passed, prohibiting the running or being in charge of a public gaming house
• Dadabhai Naoroji established the East India Association, one of the predecessor organisations of the Indian National Congress
• Henry Miers Elliot's The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians is published in London from 1867 to 1877
• Ohel David Synagogue was constructed in Pune by David Sassoon
• Sassoon Hospital was built in Pune by David Sassoon
• St. Vincent's High School was established in Pune
• Sribati G.K. High School was established
• Balmer Lawrie manufacturing company was founded in Calcutta
• Madras Boat Club, one of the oldest rowing centres in India, was founded
• Balaghat district was constituted
• Buldhana district was constituted
• Ellichpur District was constituted
• Daulatpur Mohsin High School was founded
• Great Indian Peninsula Railway's Allahabad-Jubbulpore branch line was opened in June
• Jogeshwari railway station was opened
• Mahalaxmi railway station was opened
• BB&CI, the first suburban railway, opened

Births

• Bruce McRae, American stage and early silent film actor, on 15 January
• Champat Rai Jain, founder of the Jain mission in London, is born on 6 August in Delhi
• Harry Bard, secretary of the Pan American Society of the United States, on 27 August^[3]
• M. V. Dhurandhar, painter and postcard artist, born in Kolhapur, Maharashtra^[4][5]
• Mahashankar Vishwanath Thaker, Chief Treasurer of the Princely State of Limbdi under Jhala Rajput rule, born in Wadhwan, Gujarat
• Edward Vere Levinge, administrator in the Indian Civil Service who rose to serve as acting Lieutenant-Governor of the British Raj, born on 24 May in Cuttack
• Sankaradas Swamigal, Tamil writer, actor, playwright, songwriter and drama producer, born in Tuticorin
• Maud Diver, English author who wrote novels, short stories, biographies and journalistic pieces, born on 9 September in Murree

Deaths

• Ram Singh I, Raja of Sitamau State, 1867
• Khem Savant IV "Bapu Sahib" Bhonsale, Raja Bahadur of Sawantwadi State

References