1877 in India
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Events in the year 1877 in India
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India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
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Events
- Queen Victoria is made the Empress of India. This led to great celebrations in Darbars in India while millions of Indians perished in the famine that was going on then.
Births
- 9 November — Muhammad IqbalMuhammad IqbalSir Muhammad Iqbal , commonly referred to as Allama Iqbal , was a poet and philosopher born in Sialkot, then in the Punjab Province of British India, now in Pakistan...
, poet of the East (d.19381938 in IndiaEvents in the year 1938 in India.-Births:*January 13 - Shivkumar Sharma, musician*18 March - Shashi Kapoor, legendary actor in Bollywood*31 March - Sheila Dikshit, politician and Chief Minister of Delhi....
). - 24 November — Kavasji Jamshedji Petigara, first Indian to become the Deputy Commissioner of Police of the Mumbai PoliceMumbai PoliceThe Mumbai Police is the police force of the city of Mumbai, India. It has the primary responsibilities of law enforcement and investigation within the limits of Mumbai. The department's motto is ""...
(d.19411941 in IndiaEvents in the year 1941 in India.-Births:*1 January - Govardhan Asrani, actor.*10 April - Mani Shankar Aiyar, politician and Minister.*5 July - Nitin Desai, Under Secretary General, United Nations, 1993-2003*15 July - Nikhil Kumar, politician....
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Deaths
- 30 August — Toru DuttToru DuttToru Dutt was an Indian poetess who wrote in English and French.-Childhood:Toru Dutt was the youngest girl of Govin Chunder Dutt, a retired Indian Officer. She was born on the fourth of March 1856...
, poet (b.18561856 in India-Births:*4 March - Toru Dutt, poet .*14 June - Ahmed Rida Khan, Sunni Muslim scholar and founder of Barelwi school of thought .*23 July - Bal Gangadhar Tilak, nationalist, social reformer and independence fighter ....
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