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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
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- 20 September – The Hindu, an Indian newspaper, was founded.
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)
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