Events in the year 1842 in India.
Incumbents The Earl of Ellenborough, Governor-General, 1842–44.Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 264
Events 1st Afghan War, 1837–42.Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 261
Births 16 January – Mahadev Govind Ranade, judge, author and reformer (died 1901).
Deaths Undated William Francis Thompson, British India civil servant, magistrate and philologistUniversity of Toronto, Jackson Bibliography of Romantic Poetry, online at: https://jacksonbibliography.library.utoronto.ca/author/details/thompson-william-francis/21590.
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