1869 in India
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Events in the year 1869 in India.
Incumbents
- Sir John Lawrence, Viceroy
- Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo, Viceroy (from 12 January)
Events
- La Martinière Girls' School is founded in Lucknow.
Births
- 11 April – Kasturba Gandhi, wife of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (died 1944).
- 2 October – Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, political and spiritual leader in India and the Indian independence movement, assassinated (died 1948).
Deaths
- 15 February - Ghalib, Persian and Urdu poet. (b. 27 December 1797)