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Events in the year '''1851 in India'''.<br />
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==Incumbents==<br />
*[[James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie]], [[Governor-General of India]], 1848 to 1856<br />
*Vyankatrao I Raje Ghorpade, Raja of [[Mudhol State]], 20 February 1818-December 1854<br />
*[[Muhammad Said Khan]], [[Nawab of Rampur]] from 1840 to 1855, died on 1 April<br />
*[[Ghulam Muhammad Ghouse Khan]], Nawab of the Carnatic, 1825-1855<br />
*Chintaman Rao I "Appa Sahib", founder and Rao of [[Sangli State]], 1782–15 July 1851<br />
*Dhundi Rao Chintaman Rao "Tatya Sahib", Rao of Sangli State, 15 July 1851-12 December 1901<br />
*Gumansinhji, Maharawal of [[Chhota Udaipur State]], 1822-1851<br />
*Jitsinhji, Maharawal of Chhota Udaipur State, 1851-1881<br />
*Ram Baksh, [[Prime Minister of Hyderabad]], September 1849–April 1851<br />
*Ganesh Rao, April 1851–June 1851<br />
*Ratan Singh, Maharajah of [[Bikaner State]], 25 March 1828-7 August 1851<br />
*Sardar Singh, Maharajah of Bikaner State, 7 August 1851–16 May 1872<br />
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==Events==<br />
*The first experimental [[Telecommunications in India|electric telegraph line]], between Calcutta and Diamond Harbour, was opened for the [[British East India Company]]<br />
*[[Oriental Bank Corporation]] was chartered to allow competition with the East India Company's opium billing monopoly<br />
*[[Naga people|Naga]] [[Nagaland#History|raided]] the East India Company from 1851-1865<br />
*The [[Rail transport in India#History|first train]] in India had become operational on 22 December for localised hauling of canal construction material in [[Roorkee]]<ref>{{cite web|title=First train ran between Roorkee and Piran Kaliyar|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=10 August 2002|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2002/08/10/stories/2002081000040800.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021110142916/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2002/08/10/stories/2002081000040800.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=November 10, 2002}}</ref><br />
*[[British Indian Association]], a pan-nationalist political group, was established on 31 October<br />
*[[Dadabhai Naoroji]] founded the Rahnumae Mazdayasne Sabha (Guides on the Mazdayasne Path) on 1 August<br />
*[[Mongnawng State]] gained independence from [[Hsenwi State]]<br />
*[[Murree]] was established in the [[Punjab]]<br />
*[[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hyderabad]] was established as [[Apostolic Vicariate]] of Hyderabad from the Apostolic Vicariate of Madras<br />
*[[Holy Trinity Church, Bangalore]] was built<br />
*[[Government Museum, Chennai]] was established<br />
*The British Parliament passed the [[List of Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, 1840–59|Lunatics Removal (India) Act 1851]] and [[Marriages, India Act 1851]]<br />
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==Births==<br />
*[[Mahmud al-Hasan]], a [[Deobandi]] scholar who actively campaigned against Britain's rule in India, born in [[Bareilly]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
*[[Jaswant Singh of Bharatpur]], ruled [[Bharatpur State]], born in [[Deeg]] on 1 March<br />
*[[Henry George Impey Siddons]], an Indian educationist, born in [[Indore]]<br />
*[[Harry Charles Purvis Bell]], British civil servant and a commissioner in the [[Ceylon Civil Service]]<br />
*[[Henry Stephens Salt]], British writer and social reformer, born on 20 September<br />
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==Deaths==<br />
*[[Ayya Vaikundar]], also known as [[Historical Vaikundar]], who effectively founded the [[Ayyavazhi]] religion, died on 3 June<br />
*Chintaman Rao I "Appa Sahib", founder of [[Sangli State]], died on 15 July 1851<br />
*Ratan Singh, Maharajah of Bikaner State, died on 7 August 1851<br />
*[[John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune]], Anglo-Indian lawyer and a pioneer in promoting [[women's education]], died on 12 August in [[Kolkata]]<br />
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