1885 in India
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Events in the year 1885 in India.
Incumbents
- Empress of India – Queen Victoria[1]
- Viceroy of India – The Earl of Dufferin[2]
Events
- National income – ₹ 3,991 million
- 24 June – Lord Randolph Churchill becomes Secretary of State for India.[2]
- 28 December – 72 Indian lawyers, academics and journalists gather at Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College in Bombay to form the Congress Party.
- First President of Indian National Congress – W. C. Banerjee; First Secretary of Indian National Congress – A. O. Hume; Dadabbhai Naoroji gave the name Indian National Congress
Law
- Indian Telegraph Act
- Land Acquisition (Mines) Act
- East India Unclaimed Stock Act (British statute)
- East India Loan Act (British statute)
- Indian Army Pension Deficiency Act (British statute)
- Evidence By Commission Act (British statute)
Births
- 14 February – Syed Zafarul Hasan, Muslim philosopher (died 1949).
