1895 in India explained

Events in the year 1895 in India.

Incumbents

• Empress of India – Queen Victoria
• Viceroy of India – Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin

Events

• April - Kalugumalai riots of 1895^[1]
• 1895 Birthday Honours^[2]
• Chitral Expedition^[3]
• National income - 5,371 million

Law

• Government Grants Act

Births

• 12 January – Yellapragada Subbarow, medical scientist (died 1948).
• 11 September – Vinoba Bhave, freedom fighter and teacher (died 1982).
• 21 September- [Annapurnanand], Hindi Writer (D. 1962)
• 1 October- Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan, First Prime Minister of Pakistan, Quaid-e-Millat (Leader of the Nation) and Shaheed-e-Millat (Martyr of the Nation) (D.16 October 1951)

Full date unknown

• Gokulchandra Nag, writer and artist (died 1925).

Notes and References

1. Good . Anthony . 1999 . The Car and the Palanquin: Rival Accounts of the 1895 Riot in Kalugumalai, South India . Modern Asian Studies . Cambridge University Press . 33 . 1 . 23–65 . 10.1017/s0026749x99003200 . 313150.
2. News: 25 May 1895 . Birthday Honours . 14 . The Times.
3. Book: Harris, John . Much Sounding of Bugles: The Siege of Chitral . 1975 . Hutchinson . 211–216.