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Events in the year '''1884 in [[India]]'''.
Events in the year '''1884 in India'''.


==Incumbents==
==Incumbents==
* [[Emperor of India|Empress of India]] [[Queen Victoria]]
* [[Emperor of India|Empress of India]] [[Queen Victoria]]
* Viceroy of India – [[George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon]]
* Viceroy of India – [[Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava|The Earl of Dufferin]] (from 13 December)


==Events==
==Events==
* National income - {{INR}}4,056 million
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* The Webb case – District magistrate of [[Assam]] dismisses most charges against Charles Webb, who sexually assaulted and killed a female tea plantation worker; case galvanises public opinion against colonial rule<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Wright |first=Ashley |date=2020 |title=Gender, Violence, and Justice in Colonial Assam: The Webb Case, c. 1884 |url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hft&AN=143680909&lang=en-gb&site=eds-live&scope=site |journal=Journal of Social History |volume=53 |issue=4 |pages=990–1007 |doi=10.1093/jsh/shz010 |via=EBSCOHost}}</ref>

==Law==
*Explosives Act
*Colonial Prisoners Removal Act (British statute)
*Naval Discipline Act (British statute)
*Criminal Lunatics Act (British statute)
*Indian Marine Service Act (British statute)


==Births==
==Births==
* 27 July - [[Jagat Singh (chemist)|Sardar Bahadur Maharaj Jagat Singh Ji]], Third Satguru of Radha Soami Satsang Beas (died 23 October 1951)
* March — [[Jagadguru Swami Sri Bharati Krishna Tirthaji Maharaja]], Hindu teacher (d.[[1960 in India|1960]]).
* 7 November — [[Pandurang Sadashiv Khankhoje]], revolutionary, scholar, agricultural scientist and historian (d.[[1967 in India|1967]]).
* March [[Jagadguru Swami Sri Bharati Krishna Tirthaji Maharaja]], Hindu teacher (d.[[1960 in India|1960]]).
* 22 November [[Syed Sulaiman Nadvi]], [[historian]], [[biographer]], [[littérateur]] and [[scholar]] of [[Islam]] (d.[[1953 in India|1953]]).
* 7 November [[Pandurang Sadashiv Khankhoje]], revolutionary, scholar, agricultural scientist and historian (d.[[1967 in India|1967]]).
* 22 November – [[Syed Sulaiman Nadvi]], [[historian]], [[biographer]], [[littérateur]] and [[scholarly method|scholar]] of [[Islam]] (d.[[1953 in India|1953]]).


==Deaths==
==Deaths==
* 12 December [[Charles Phillip Brown]], writer and colonial official (b.[[1798 in India|1798]]).
* 12 December [[Charles Phillip Brown]], writer and colonial official (b.[[1798 in India|1798]]).

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== References ==
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Latest revision as of 10:32, 21 August 2024

1884
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India

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Events in the year 1884 in India.

Incumbents

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Events

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  • National income - 4,056 million
  • The Webb case – District magistrate of Assam dismisses most charges against Charles Webb, who sexually assaulted and killed a female tea plantation worker; case galvanises public opinion against colonial rule[1]

Law

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  • Explosives Act
  • Colonial Prisoners Removal Act (British statute)
  • Naval Discipline Act (British statute)
  • Criminal Lunatics Act (British statute)
  • Indian Marine Service Act (British statute)

Births

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Deaths

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References

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  1. ^ Wright, Ashley (2020). "Gender, Violence, and Justice in Colonial Assam: The Webb Case, c. 1884". Journal of Social History. 53 (4): 990–1007. doi:10.1093/jsh/shz010 – via EBSCOHost.