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Template:Year in region Events in the year 1878 in India.
Incumbents
- Empress of India – Queen Victoria
- Viceroy of India – Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
Events
- 20 September – The Hindu, an Indian newspaper, was founded.
Law
- Indian Treasure Trove Act
- Sea Customs Act
- Dentists Act (British statute)
- Elders' Widows' Fund (India) Act (British statute)
- Territorial Waters Jurisdiction Act (British statute)
Births
- 21 February – The Mother (Mirra Alfassa), multi-origined spiritual leader and founder of Auroville in India (d. 1973)
- 27 November – Jatindramohan Bagchi, poet (d. 1948).
- 10 December – C. Rajagopalachari, Indian politician and freedom-fighter. (d. 1972)
Deaths
- 15 June - Seth Shiv Dayal Singh Ji Maharaj, Founder and first Satguru of Radha Soami faith (born 1818).
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