1867_in_India
1867 in India
List of events
Events in the year 1867 in India.
- Sir John Lawrence, Governor-General of India, 12 January 1864 – 12 January 1869
- Colonel Henry Errington Longden, Adjutant-General of India, January 1866–March 1869
- Lord Napier, Governor of Madras, 1866-1872
- Chhatar Sal Singh II, Maharao of Kota State, 27 March 1866 – 11 June 1889
- Sagramji II Devaji (Sagramji Bhanabhai), Thakur of Gondal State, 1851-14 December 1869
- Bham Pratap Singh, Raja and Maharajah of Bijawar State, 23 November 1847 – 15 September 1899
- Shri Singh, Raja of Chamba State, 1844-1870
- Ranmalsinhji Amarsinhji, Raj Sahib of Dhrangadhra State, 9 April 1843 – 16 October 1869
- Madan Pal, Maharaja of Karauli State, 4 March 1854 – 16 August 1869
- Pratap Singh Deo, Maharajah of Patna, 1866-1878
- Afzal ad-Dawlah, Asaf Jah V, Nizam of Hyderabad, 16 May 1857 – 26 February 1869
- Ram Singh I, Raja of Sitamau State, 1802-1867
- Bhawani Singh, Raja of Sitamau State, 1867-28 May 1885
- Khem Savant IV "Bapu Sahib" Bhonsale, Raja Bahadur of Sawantwadi State, 3 October 1812 – 1867
- Phond Savant IV "Bapu Sahib" Bhonsale, Raja Bahadur of Sawantwadi State, 1867-7 March 1869
- William Reierson Arbuthnot, member of the Madras Legislative Council, 1866-1870
- Hindus in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh demanded that Hindi be made an official language in place of Urdu.
- Urdu/Hindi Controversy.[1]
- The central government switches from a May–April fiscal year to an April–March one to align with that of the British government.[2]
- British Indian soldiers participate in the British Expedition to Abyssinia from 1867 to 1868
- Jesuits destroy the ruins of the Chudamani Vihara
- British soldiers mounted the Andaman Islands Expedition, landing on Little Andaman on 21 March
- Prarthana Samaj, a movement for religious and social reform in Bombay, was founded
- Administration of the Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867 was passed
- Dadabhai Naoroji established the East India Association, one of the predecessor organisations of the Indian National Congress
- Henry Miers Elliot's The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians is published in London from 1867 to 1877
- Ohel David Synagogue was constructed in Pune by David Sassoon
- Sassoon Hospital was built in Pune by David Sassoon
- St. Vincent's High School was established in Pune
- Sribati G.K. High School was established
- Balmer Lawrie manufacturing company was founded in Calcutta
- Madras Boat Club, one of the oldest rowing centres in India, was founded
- Balaghat district was constituted
- Buldhana district was constituted
- Ellichpur District was constituted
- Daulatpur Mohsin High School was founded
- Great Indian Peninsula Railway's Allahabad-Jubbulpore branch line was opened in June
- Jogeshwari railway station was opened
- Mahalaxmi railway station was opened
- BB&CI, the first suburban railway, opened
- Murderous Outrages Regulation
- Public Gambling Act of 1867 is passed, prohibiting the running or being in charge of a public gaming house
- Press & Registration Of Books Act
- Portuguese Civil Code
- Oriental Gas Company Act
- Bruce McRae, American stage and early silent film actor, on 15 January
- Champat Rai Jain, founder of the Jain mission in London, is born on 6 August in Delhi
- Harry Bard, secretary of the Pan American Society of the United States, on 27 August[3]
- M. V. Dhurandhar, painter and postcard artist, born in Kolhapur, Maharashtra[4][5]
- Mahashankar Vishwanath Thaker, Chief Treasurer of the Princely State of Limbdi under Jhala Rajput rule, born in Wadhwan, Gujarat
- Edward Vere Levinge, administrator in the Indian Civil Service who rose to serve as acting Lieutenant-Governor of the British Raj, born on 24 May in Cuttack
- Sankaradas Swamigal, Tamil writer, actor, playwright, songwriter and drama producer, born in Tuticorin
- Maud Diver, English author who wrote novels, short stories, biographies and journalistic pieces, born on 9 September in Murree
- Jain Spiritual Saint, Philosopher and Poet Shrimad RajchandraJi was Born in Vavania, Gujarat on 09thNovember 1967
- Ram Singh I, Raja of Sitamau State, 1867
- Khem Savant IV "Bapu Sahib" Bhonsale, Raja Bahadur of Sawantwadi State
- "India should move to January–December financial year from April–March, Shankar Acharya Committee to finance ministry". Infracircle. VCCircle. 28 December 2016. Archived from the original on 30 December 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
- Glen Levin Swiggett (1917). Proceedings of the second Pan American scientific congress. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 105.
Harry E. Bard, secretary of the Pan American Society of the United States
- "Promoting contemporary art". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 17 January 2008. Archived from the original on 21 January 2008.
- "Women of India by M.v. Dhurandhar". Archived from the original on 20 January 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2015.