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{{Year in India|1839}}<br />
This article details events occurring in the year '''1839 in India'''. Major events include the reduction of the [[Khanate of Kalat]] to a subsidiary ally of the British, and the capture of Aden in [[Yemen]] by the East India Company, creating an important stopover for voyages between Europe and India.<br />
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==Incumbents==<br />
*The [[George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland|Earl of Auckland]], Governor-General, 1836-42.<ref>{{cite book|author=William Freke Williams and William Cooke Stafford|title=England's Battles by Sea and Land: History of England's campaigns in India and China; and of the Indian mutiny, 1857-1859|publisher=Printing and publishing company|year=1863|page=301}}</ref><br />
*[[Alexander Cunningham]], aide-de-camp to Lord Auckland, 1836-1840<br />
*Sir [[John Keane, 1st Baron Keane|John Keane]], Lieutenant-General of the [[Bombay Army]], 1834-1840<br />
*Zirat Prasad, regent of [[Bhaisunda]], 1829-1840<br />
*[[Nau Nihal Singh]], [[Maharaja]] of the [[Sikh Empire]], 1839-1840<br />
*Bhao Rao Phanse, Dewan of [[Indore State]], 1839-1840<br />
*[[Raghuji Bohonsle III]], [[Maratha]] of [[Nagpur]], 1818-1853<br />
*[[Gaya Prasad]], Chaube of [[Taraon State]], 1812-1840<br />
*[[Anand Rao Puar "Rao Sahib"]], Raja of [[Dewas State]], 1817-1840<br />
*[[Dariao Singh]], Rao of [[Paldeo]], 1812-1840<br />
*[[Shiv Saran Singh]], Rana of [[Baghal State]], 1828-16 January 1840<br />
*[[Jashwant Singh]], Raja of [[Nabha State]], December 1783-21 May 1840<br />
*[[Kandhaji IV]], [[Thakur Sahib]] of [[Palitana State]], 1820-1840<br />
*[[Nonghanji IV]], Thakur Sahib of Palitana State, 1824-1860<br />
*[[Henry Fane (British Army officer)|Henry Fane]], [[Commander-in-Chief, India]], 1835-1839<br />
*[[Gaya Prasad]], Chaube of [[Taraon State]]<br />
*[[Anand Rao Puar "Rao Sahib"]], Raja of [[Dewas State]]<br />
*[[Shiv Saran Singh]], Rana of [[Baghal State]]<br />
*[[Jashwant Singh]], Raja of [[Nabha State]]<br />
*Ahmed Shah, King of the [[Maqpon dynasty]]<br />
*[[Chandrasinhji II Kesarisinhji]], Maharana Raj Sahib of the [[Wankaner State]], 1787-1839<br />
*Vakhatsinhji Chandrasinhji, Maharana Raj Sahib of the Wankaner State, 1839-1842<br />
*[[Ranjit Singh]], founder and Maharajah of the [[Sikh Empire]], 1780-1839<br />
*[[Kharak Singh]], Maharajah of the Sikh Empire, 1839-1840<br />
*Jashwant Singh, Rana of [[Alirajpur State]], 1818-17 March 1862<br />
*[[Raja Zalim Sen]], Raja of [[Mandi State]], 1826-1839<br />
*[[Raja Balbir Sen]], Raja of Mandi, 1839-1851<br />
*[[Bhup Deo]], Raja of [[Kanker State]], 1818-1839<br />
*[[Padma Deo]], Raja of Kanker State, 1839–1853<br />
*Major-General [[William Henry Sleeman]] heads the [[Thuggee and Dacoity Department]] from February 1839<br />
*[[Thug Behram]], ruler of a [[Thugee]] death cult<br />
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==Events==<br />
*[[First Anglo-Afghan War]], 1837–1842<ref>''Everyman's Dictionary of Dates''; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 261</ref><br />
*[[Battle of Ghazni]], part of the First Anglo-Afghan War, occurs on 23 July 1839 in [[Ghazni]], [[Afghanistan]]<br />
*[[East India Company]] forces [[Modern history of Yemen#Former South Yemen|capture]] [[Aden]] to provide a coaling station for ships en route to India, founding the [[Aden Colony]]<br />
*[[Khanate of Kalat]] is reduced to a [[subsidiary alliance]] with the British Empire, self-governing under Khans<br />
*[[British Indian Association|British India Society]] is founded in England<br />
*[[Jessop & Company]] work on construction of the first iron bridge in British India, Loha-ka-Pul over [[River Gomti]] at [[Lucknow]], 1812–1840<br />
*[[36th Jacob's Horse]], a unit cavalry of the [[British Indian Army]], is established<br />
*[[Feast of Saint Raphael, Ollur]] is held for the first time in [[Ollur]], near [[Thrissur]], [[Kerala]]<br />
*The cornerstone for [[St. Paul's Cathedral, Kolkata]] is laid<br />
*[[Bishop Hodges Higher Secondary School]] is established<br />
*[[St. Mary's Anglo-Indian Higher Secondary School]] is established<br />
*[[St. Paul's Church, Landour]] is established<br />
*[[Thomas John Newbold]] is appointed deputy assistant adjutant-general and postmaster to the field force of the [[East India Company]]<br />
*[[John Nicholson (East India Company officer)|John Nicholson]], then a cadet in the East India Company's [[Bengal Infantry]], reaches India<br />
*''[[Sambad Prabhakar]]'', a weekly newspaper, became a daily newspaper<br />
*The [[Statue of Thomas Munro]] was shipped to Madras<br />
* Mr. Grange (Sub Assistant to the Commissioner at [[Nagaon|Nowgong]]) lead the first expedition to the [[Naga Hills]] ([[Mezoma]] and [[Khonoma]])<br />
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==Law==<br />
*Interest Act<br />
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==Births==<br />
*July - [[Baba Jaimal Singh]], Founder of Radha Soami Satsang Beas (died 29 December 1903).<br />
*[[Allan Webb (bishop)|Allan Webb]] in Calcutta, second [[Diocese of the Free State|Bishop of Bloemfontein]], baptised on 17 November<br />
*[[William Francis Frederick Waller]], recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]], born at Dagoolie, India on 20 August 1839<br />
*[[Hanson Jarrett]], recipient of the Victoria Cross, on 22 March in [[Madras]]<br />
*[[Hugh Shaw (British Army officer)|Hugh Shaw]], recipient of the Victoria Cross, on 4 February in Madras<br />
*[[Jamsetji Tata]], pioneer industrialist, who founded the [[Tata Group]], India's biggest conglomerate company, on 3 March in [[Navsari]], [[Baroda State|Baroda]], [[Bombay Presidency]]<br />
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==Deaths==<br />
*[[Ranjit Singh]], first Maharajah of the [[Sikh Empire]], on 27 June 1839 in [[Lahore]], [[Punjab]], Sikh Empire<br />
*[[Sankara Varman]], astronomer-mathematician belonging to the [[Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics]]<br />
*[[Havell family|George Havell]], a painter<br />
*[[Chandrasinhji II Kesarisinhji]], Maharana Raj Sahib of the [[Wankaner State]]<br />
*[[Jean-François Allard]], French soldier and adventurer, in Punjab, Sikh Empire<br />
*[[William Francklin]], English [[Oriental studies|orientalist]] and army officer, on 12 April<br />
*[[Raja Zalim Sen]], Raja of [[Mandi State]], died in June 1839<br />
*[[Bhup Deo]], Raja of [[Kanker State]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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