Events in the year 1899 in India.

• 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)

• National income - ₹6,715 million
• Swami Vivekananda founded the Ramakrishna Mission at Calcutta on 1 May.
• 31 December - The Sunset of the Century written by Rabindranath Tagore.

• Indian Stamp Act^[1]
• Government Buildings Act^[2]
• Glanders and Farcy Act

• 15 February – Mani Madhava Chakyar, master Chakyar Koothu and Koodiyattam artist (died 1990).
• 10 October – Baldev Upadhyaya, Sanskrit scholar, literary historian, essayist and critic (died 1999).
• 26 December - Udham Singh, freedom fighter (died 1940).
• 30 March - Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay, an unparalleled Bengali story writer, novelist and a pioneer in the genre of historical fiction in Bengali literature.