1842 in India
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Events in the year 1842 in India.
Incumbents
- The Earl of Ellenborough, Governor-General, 1842-44.[1]
Events
- 1st Afghan War, 1837-42.[2]
Births
- 16 January – Mahadev Govind Ranade, judge, author and reformer (died 1901).
Deaths
- Undated
- William Francis Thompson, British India civil servant, magistrate and philologist[3]
