Events in the year 1899 in India.
Incumbents Empress of India – Queen Victoria Viceroy of India – Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin Viceroy of India – George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (from 6 January)
Events National income - 6,715 million 4 January - Fire from a quarantined Indian made vessel gutted 300 homes and numerous British owned factories in Fort Kochi. 1 May - Swami Vivekananda founded the Ramakrishna Mission at Calcutta. 6 June - Sivakasi riots of 1899 between Nadar and Maravar communities. 10 November - Sir Ranbir Singh is invested with full ruling powers over the princely state of Jind He ascended the throne as Maharaja of Jind at the age of 8.Indian States A Biographical, Historical, and Administrative Survey (Asian Educational Services, 1922) p. 412 31 December - The Sunset of the Century written by Rabindranath Tagore.
Dates unknown
Indian famine of 1899–1900
Law Indian Stamp Act Government Buildings Act Glanders and Farcy Act
Births 15 February – Mani Madhava Chakyar, master Chakyar Koothu and Koodiyattam artist (died 1990). 30 March - Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay, Bengali story writer and novelist (died 1970). 19 July – Banaphool, author, playwright and poet (died 1979). 1 August – Kamala Nehru, activist and spouse of Jawaharlal Nehru (died 1936) 10 October – Baldev Upadhyaya, Sanskrit scholar, literary historian, essayist and critic (died 1999). 26 December - Udham Singh, freedom fighter (died 1940).
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