1877 in India
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Events in the year 1877 in India.
Incumbents
- Empress of India – Queen Victoria
- Viceroy of India – Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
Events
- Celebrations in darbars are held in India now that Queen Victoria is Empress of India.
- 1 July[citation needed] 1877 – Kutch Museum was founded.[1]
- Gilgit Agency was formed.
- First Suspension Bridge in India was opened in Punalur, Travancore (now in Kerala).
Births
- 9 November – Muhammad Iqbal, poet of the East (d.1938).
- 24 November – Kavasji Jamshedji Petigara, first Indian to become the Deputy Commissioner of Police of the Mumbai Police (d.1941).
Deaths
See also
References
- ^ "Kutch Museum". Gujarat Tourism. Archived from the original on 25 September 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
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