1861
in
India

Centuries:
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
  • 21st
Decades:
  • 1840s
  • 1850s
  • 1860s
  • 1870s
  • 1880s
See also:List of years in India
Timeline of Indian history

Events in the year 1862

in India:

Incumbents

Events

Law

  • Indian Councils Act 1861
  • Indian Civil Services Act
  • Indian High Courts Act
  • Police Act
  • Stage-Carriages Act
  • Foreign Law Ascertainment Act (British statute)
  • East India Loan Act (British statute)
  • Malicious Damages Act (British statute)
  • Wills Act (British statute)
  • Domicile Act (British statute)

Births

  • 27 January: Baba Tajuddin Nagpuri, Sufi, saint, healer (died 1925).
  • 7 May: Rabindranath Tagore, poet, artist, playwright, novelist and composer (died 1941).
  • 24 September: Bhikaiji Cama, independence campaigner (died 1936).
  • Date unknown: Devaki Nandan Khatri, first author of mystery novels in Hindi (died 1913).
  • 18 July:Kadambini Ganguly, first female medical practitioner and one of the first female graduates of the then Indian subcontinent (died 1923).
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