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
- 18 September – 151 people were buried in a landslip at Naini Tal following 36 inches (910 mm) of rain in 68 hours.[1][2]
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).[3]
References
- ↑ "The Terrible Accident At Naini Tal". The Cornishman (119). 21 October 1880. p. 4.
- ↑ Murphy, C W (1906). A Guide to Naini Tai and Kumaun. United Provinces: Allahbad.
- ↑ "Munshi Premchand Biography". The Famous People. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
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