1885 in India

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Events in the year 1885 in India.

Incumbents

Events

  • National income - ₹3,991 million
  • 24 June – Lord Randolph Churchill becomes Secretary of State for India.[2]
  • 28 December – 72 Indian lawyers, academics and journalists gather at Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College in Bombay to form the Congress Party.
  • First President of Indian National Congress – W. C. Banerjee; First Secretary of Indian National Congress – A. O. Hume; Dadabbhai Naoroji gave the name Indian National Congress

Law

  • Indian Telegraph Act
  • Land Acquisition (Mines) Act
  • East India Unclaimed Stock Act (British statute)
  • East India Loan Act (British statute)
  • Indian Army Pension Deficiency Act (British statute)
  • Evidence By Commission Act (British statute)

Births

  • 14 February – Syed Zafarul Hasan, Muslim philosopher (died 1949).

References

  1. ^ "W & D Downey & Co.: London - Queen Victoria (1819–1901) as Empress of India". www.royalcollection.org.uk. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  2. ^ a b Kaminsky, Arnold P.; Long, Roger D. (2016). Nationalism and Imperialism in South and Southeast Asia: Essays Presented to Damodar R.SarDesai. Taylor & Francis. p. 154. ISBN 9781351997430.
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