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Template:Year in region Events in the year 1881 in India.
Incumbents
- Empress of India – Queen Victoria
- Viceroy of India – George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon
- The Tribune - started in 1881[1]
Events
- The 7.9 Mw Nicobar Islands earthquake shook the area with a maximum EMS-98 intensity of VII (Damaging). It is probably the earliest earthquake for which rupture parameters were estimated instrumentally.
- First commercial bank of India was established (Oudh Commercial Bank). Having an entirely Indian board of directors. In Faizabad, India
Births
- November – Darwan Singh Negi, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1914 (d.1950).
Deaths
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References
- ↑ "The Tribune : About". www.tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
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