Births

• 16 January - Mahadev Govind Ranade
  Mahadev Govind Ranade
  Justice Mahadev Govind Ranade was a distinguished Indian scholar, social reformer and author. He was a founding member of the Indian National Congress and owned several designations as member of the Bombay legislative council, member of the finance committee at the centre, and the judge of Bombay...
  
  , judge, author and reformer (d.1901
  1901 in India
  -Incumbents:* Empress of India — Queen Victoria until 22 January* Emperor of India — Edward VII from 22 January-Births:*2 July — Kalindi Charan Panigrahi, poet, novelist, story writer, dramatist and essayist .-Deaths:...
  
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