1863 in India
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Events in the year 1863 in India.
Incumbents
- James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, Viceroy (till 20 November)[1]
- Sir Robert Napier, acting Viceroy (21 November – 2 December)[1]
- Sir William Denison, acting Viceroy (from 2 December)[1]
Events
- 20 November - James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, the Viceroy of India died due to Cardiac arrest on his journey from Simla to Dharamshala.
Dates unknown
- Syed Ahmad Khan set up Victoria School at Ghazipur, precursor to Aligarh Movement
Law
- Religious Endowments Act
- India Stock Certificate Act (British statute)
- Colonial Letters Patent Act (British statute)
Births
- 12 January – Swami Vivekananda, chief disciple of Ramakrishna and founder of Ramakrishna Mission (died 1902).[2]
- 13 July – Margaret Murray, Anglo-Indian Egyptologist, archaeologist, anthropologist, historian, and folklorist (died 1963 in the United Kingdom)[3]
- 28 August – Mahatma Ayyankali, was a social reformer who worked for the advancement of those people in the then princely state of Travancore, British India, who were treated as untouchables (died 1941).
