Events in the year 1872 in India.
Incumbents Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo, Viceroy Sir John Strachey, acting Viceroy (9–23 February) Francis Napier, 10th Lord Napier, acting Viceroy (24 February – 3 May) Thomas Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook, Viceroy (from 3 May)
Events National income - ₹3,376 million 8 February - Viceroy of India, Lord Mayo killed by a prisoner of Cellular Jail, Sher Ali Afridi.
Law Indian Evidence Act Indian Contract Act Indian Christian Marriage Act Naturalisation Act (British statute) Civil Marriage Act
Births 14 April – Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Islamic scholar who translated the Qur'an into English (died 1953). 15 August – Sri Aurobindo, nationalist, scholar, poet, mystic, evolutionary philosopher, yogi and guru (died 1950). 25 December – Ganganath Jha, scholar of Sanskrit, Indian philosophy and Buddhist philosophy (died 1941).
Deaths 8 February – Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo, Viceroy
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