1898 in India
India-related events in the year 1898
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Events in the year 1898 in India
Incumbents
- Empress of India – Queen Victoria
- Viceroy of India – Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin
Events
- National income - ₹6,227 million
- Frontier War of 1897–98[1]
Law
- Code Of Criminal Procedure
- Indian Post Office Act[2]
- Live-stock Importation Act[3]
Births
- 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).
Date unknown
- I. K. Taimni, chemist (died 1978).
Deaths
- 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.
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