1873 in India explained

Events in the year 1873 in India.

Incumbents

• Thomas Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook, Viceroy^[1]

Events

• National income - 3,441 million
• Bihar famine of 1873–74^[2]

Law

• Indian Oaths Act
• Government Savings Promotion Act
• Government Saving Banks Act
• East India Stock Dividend Redemption Act (British statute)
• East India Loan Act (British statute)
• Indian Railway Companies Act (British statute)
• Extradition Act (British statute)
• Slave Trade Act (British statute)

Births

• 19 December – Upendranath Brahmachari, scientist and medical practitioner (died 1946).^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Thomas George Baring, 1st earl of Northbrook - British statesman. Encyclopedia Britannica. 19 May 2018. en.
2. Kumari. Pushpa. RAILWAYS AND THE FAMINE OF 1873-74 IN BIHAR. 44147879. Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 690–696. 2007.
3. Web site: Brahmachari Upendra Nath. vigyanprasar.gov.in. 19 May 2018.