1861 in India
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Events

  • Boys' High School & College, Allahabad
    Boys' High School & College, Allahabad
    Boys' High School & College, , is an independent school in Allahabad, India. It was founded in 1861 to provide a Christian education to the children of Europeans and Anglo-Indians, but has always accepted children from all backgrounds. Though originally co-educational, it now admits only boys.It...

    , is founded.
  • The Delhi Department of Police
    Department of Police, Delhi
    The Department of Police , also known as Delhi Police , is the main law and order agency for the National Capital Territory of Delhi...

     is founded.

Births

  • 7 May: Rabindranath Tagore
    Rabindranath Tagore
    Rabindranath Tagore , sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali polymath who reshaped his region's literature and music. Author of Gitanjali and its "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse", he became the first non-European Nobel laureate by earning the 1913 Prize in Literature...

    , poet, artist, playwright, novelist and composer (d.1941
    1941 in India
    Events in the year 1941 in India.-Births:*1 January - Govardhan Asrani, actor.*10 April - Mani Shankar Aiyar, politician and Minister.*5 July - Nitin Desai, Under Secretary General, United Nations, 1993-2003*15 July - Nikhil Kumar, politician....

    ).
  • 24 September: Bhikaiji Cama
    Bhikaiji Cama
    Bhikaiji Rustom CamaBhikhai- is the name as it appears in the biographies. Another common form is Bhikai- , as it appears on the postage stamp. The name is also frequently misspelled 'Bhikha-' , which is a male name...

    , independence campaigner (d.1936
    1936 in India
    Events in the year 1936 in India.-Incumbents:* Emperor of India – George V , Edward VIII , George VI-Births:*8 January - Jyotindra Nath Dixit, diplomat and politician ....

    ).

  • Date unknown: Devaki Nandan Khatri
    Devaki Nandan Khatri
    Devaki Nandan Khatri was an Indian writer, who belonged to the first generation of popular novelists in the modern Hindi language. Also known as Babu Devakinandan Khatri, he was the first author of mystery novels in Hindi. Chandrakanta is the most popular of his works.- Biography :Khatri was born...

    , first author of mystery novels in Hindi (d.1913
    1913 in India
    -Events:*6 November - Mohandas Gandhi is arrested while leading a march of Indian miners in South Africa.* Rabindranath Tagore , Bengali poet, got the Nobel Prize in Literature for his book of lyrics called Gitanjali translated into English by himself....

    ).
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