1898 in India explained

Events in the year 1898 in India

Incumbents

1 January – Binay Ranjan Sen, diplomat, Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (died 1993).
11 January – Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar, writer (died 1976).
13 January – Samsa, playwright, poet and novelist (died 1939).
5 August – Kumbakonam Rajamanickam Pillai, Tamil Carnatic music violinist (died 1970).
21 November – Rang Avadhoot, saint who is regarded as an incarnation of Lord Dattatreya, (died 1968).
25 November – Debaki Bose, film director, writer and actor (died 1971).
2 December – Indra Lal Roy, World War I flying ace, killed in action (died 1918).

1 October – Manilal Dwivedi (b. 1858), regarded as one of the most influential Gujarati writer and thinker, died at premature age, 40.
March 27, SA(Syed Ahmed)Khan (Islamist scholar, Founder of Two Nations Theory), Aligarh.
June 27, Dwarkanath Ganguly, a great social reformer and husband of Kadambini Ganguly died. According to the sources, he was suffering from Hepatitis.