1869 in India
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Events in the year 1869 in India.
Incumbents
- Sir John Lawrence, Viceroy
- Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo, Viceroy (from 12 January)
Events
- La Martinière Girls' School is founded in Lucknow.
Law
- Divorce Act
- East India Irrigation and Canal Act (British statute)
- East India Loan Act
Births
- 11 April – Kasturba Gandhi, wife of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (died 1944).
- 2 October – Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, political and spiritual leader in India and the Indian independence movement, born (died 1948).{{Cite book |last=Gandhi |first=Rajmohan |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173659715 |title=Gandhi : the man, his people, and the empire |date=2008 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-25570-8 |location=Berkeley |pages=1 |oclc=173659715}}
Deaths
- 15 February - Ghalib, Persian and Urdu poet. (b. 27 December 1797)
References
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Category:Years of the 19th century in India
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