1885 in India

Template:Year in region Events in the year 1885 in India.

Incumbents[edit]

Empress of India – Queen Victoria^[1]
Viceroy of India – The Earl of Dufferin^[2]

Events[edit]

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

Births[edit]

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

References[edit]

↑ "W & D Downey & Co.: London - Queen Victoria (1819–1901) as Empress of India". www.royalcollection.org.uk. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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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[1] "W & D Downey & Co.: London - Queen Victoria (1819–1901) as Empress of India". www.royalcollection.org.uk. Retrieved 17 June 2018.

[Kaminsky-2] 2.0 ^2.1 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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