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Template:Year in region Events in the year 1853 in India.

Events[edit | edit source]

  • April 16 – The first Indian train steamed off from Bombay to Thane. The train was drawn by three steam locomotives and covered the 34 km distance in 57 minutes.
  • The Nizam of Hyderabad cedes Berar to the British so that its revenues could support the Hyderabad contingent in the British army .[1]
  • Annexations of Jhansi and Nagpur.

Law[edit | edit source]

  • Coinage (Colonial Offences) Act
  • Customs Consolidation Act

Births[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 255


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