1899 in India explained

Events in the year 1899 in India.

Incumbents

• Empress of India – Queen Victoria
• Viceroy of India – Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin
• Viceroy of India – George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (from 6 January)

Events

• National income - 6,715 million
• 4 January - Fire from a quarantined Indian made vessel gutted 300 homes and numerous British owned factories in Fort Kochi.^[1]
• 1 May - Swami Vivekananda founded the Ramakrishna Mission at Calcutta.
• 6 June - Sivakasi riots of 1899 between Nadar and Maravar communities.^[2]
• 10 November - Sir Ranbir Singh is invested with full ruling powers over the princely state of Jind He ascended the throne as Maharaja of Jind at the age of 8.^[3]
• 31 December - The Sunset of the Century written by Rabindranath Tagore.

Dates unknown

• Indian famine of 1899–1900

Law

• Indian Stamp Act^[4]
• Government Buildings Act^[5]
• Glanders and Farcy Act

Births

• 15 February – Mani Madhava Chakyar, master Chakyar Koothu and Koodiyattam artist (died 1990).
• 30 March - Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay, Bengali story writer and novelist (died 1970).
• 19 July – Banaphool, author, playwright and poet (died 1979).
• 1 August – Kamala Nehru, activist and spouse of Jawaharlal Nehru (died 1936)
• 10 October – Baldev Upadhyaya, Sanskrit scholar, literary historian, essayist and critic (died 1999).
• 26 December - Udham Singh, freedom fighter (died 1940).

Notes and References

1. News: 2014-01-01 . Column of fire . 2024-06-25 . The Hindu . en-IN . 0971-751X.
2. Web site: RIOTS IN MADRAS PRESIDENCY. (Hansard, 15 June 1899) . 2024-06-25 . api.parliament.uk.
3. Indian States A Biographical, Historical, and Administrative Survey (Asian Educational Services, 1922) p. 412
4. Web site: Indian Stamp Act . India Code . 29 March 2022 .
5. Web site: Government Buildings Act . India Code. 29 March 2022 .