1876 in India explained

Events in the year 1876 in India.

Incumbents

• Thomas Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook, Viceroy^[1]
• Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton, Viceroy (from 12 April)^[2]

Events

• National income - ₹3,887 million
• Queen Victoria is proclaimed "Empress of India" and transfers powers from East India Company to the British Crown.^[3]
• Lokopriya Gopinath Bordoloi Regional Institute of Mental Health was set up as Tezpur Lunatic Asylum in April, 1876.^[4]

Law

• Royal Titles Act (British statute)
• Customs Consolidation Act (British statute)
• Slave Trade Act (British statute)
• Statute Law Revision (Substituted Enactments) Act (British statute)

Births

• 15 September – Sharat Chandra Chatterji, novelist (d. 1938).^[5]
• 25 December – Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Statesman and founder of Pakistan (d. 1948).^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Thomas George Baring, 1st earl of Northbrook – British statesman. Encyclopedia Britannica. 19 May 2018. en.
2. Book: Shaw. William Arthur. The Knights of England: A Complete Record from the Earliest Time to the Present Day of the Knights of All the Orders of Chivalry in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and of Knights Bachelors. Incorporating a Complete List of Knights Bachelors Dubbed in Ireland. 1906. Genealogical Publishing Com. 9780806304434. 305. en.
3. Web site: Victoria – Life & Reign. Encyclopedia Britannica. 29 May 2018. en.
4. Web site: LGBRIMH. 2021-04-16. www.lgbrimh.gov.in.
5. Book: Experts. Disha. The Fundamentals of General Knowledge for Competitive Exams – UPSC/ State PCS/ SSC/ Banking/ Insurance/ Railways/ BBA/ MBA/ Defence – 3rd Edition. 2018. Disha Publications. 9789387421240. 88. en.
6. Web site: Historic Figures: Mohammad Ali Jinnah (1876–1948). BBC – History. 29 May 2018.