1887 in India
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Events in the year 1887 in India.
Incumbents
- Empress of India â Queen Victoria
- Viceroy of India â The Earl of Dufferin
Events
- National income - â¹4,525 million
- Trinity College London examiners conducted music examinations in Mumbai for the first time.
- India formed the Central Special Branch, now called the Intelligence Bureau (IB). It is India's equivalent to the US's Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The Intelligence Bureau is said to be the oldest organization of its type.
Law
Births
- 26 February - Benegal Narsing Rau, Indian civil servant, jurist, diplomat and statesman (died 1953)
- 22 December â Srinivasa Ramanujan, mathematician (died 1920)
