1880 in India

Events in the year 1880 in India.

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Centuries:	18th
Decades:
See also:	List of years in India Timeline of Indian history

Incumbents

• Empress of India – Queen Victoria
• Viceroy of India – Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
• Viceroy of India – George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon (from 8 June)

Events

• 18 September – 151 people were buried in a landslip at Naini Tal following 36 inches (910 mm) of rain in 68 hours.

Births

• 16 March – Rajshekhar Basu, writer, chemist and lexicographer (died 27 April 1960).
• 31 July – Munshi Premchand, foremost Writer in Hindu-Urdu Literature and Indian Freedom fighter (died 8 October 1936).
• Abul Muhasin Muhammad Sajjad, scholar, freedom fighter and founder of Muslim Independent Party (died 1940).

References

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