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Events in the year '''1855 in [[India]]'''.<br />
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==Incumbents==<br />
*[[James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie]], [[Governor-General of India]], 1848 to 1856<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 />
*Balwantrao Raje Ghorpade, Raja of Mudhol State, December 1854-27 March 1862<br />
*Thakur Sahib Jashwantsimhji Bhavsimhji, Rajput of Bhavnagar State, 1854–11 April 1870<br />
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==Events==<br />
*[[Santhal rebellion]] against British rule<br />
*The British annexed [[Thanjavur Maratha kingdom]]<br />
*''[[Dinavartamani]]'' was established in [[Madras]] as a weekly [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-[[Telugu language|Telugu]] paper<br />
*[[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]] was incorporated to undertake the task of constructing a railway line between [[Bombay]] and [[Vadodara]]<br />
*[[Rani Rashmoni]] funded construction of the [[Dakshineswar Kali Temple]] in [[Dakshineswar]] near [[Kolkata]]<br />
*[[Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum|Central Museum of Natural History, Economy, Geology, Industry and Arts]] was established in Bombay<br />
*[[Napier Museum]], an art and natural history museum situated in [[Thiruvananthapuram]], was established<br />
*[[Arignar Anna Zoological Park|Madras Zoo]] opened<br />
*[[Narayan Jagannath High School]], the first government school established in [[Sindh]], was established in [[Kerachi]]<br />
*[[William Healey Dall]] moved to India to work as a missionary<br />
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==Law==<br />
*Legal Representatives Suits Act<br />
*Fatal Accidents Act<br />
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==Births==<br />
*[[G. Subramania Iyer]], leading Indian journalist, social reformer and freedom fighter who founded ''[[The Hindu]]'', born on 19 January in Tiruvadi, [[Tanjore district]]<br />
*[[A. Subbarayalu Reddiar]], a landlord, Justice Party leader and Chief Minister or Premier of Madras Presidency from 17 December 1920 to 11 July 1921, born on 15 October in Madras<br />
*[[N. G. Chandavarkar]], born on 2 December in [[Honavar]] in the [[Bombay Presidency]]<br />
*[[Sudhakar Dwivedi]], Indian scholar in Sanskrit and mathematics, born in Khajuri, a village near [[Varanasi]]<br />
*[[Hakim Abdul Aziz]], prominent [[Unani]] physician, born in [[Lucknow]]<br />
*[[Govind Ballal Deval]], a [[Marathi people|Marathi]] playwright from [[Maharashtra]]<br />
*[[Kottarathil Sankunni]], author of [[Malayalam]] literature, was born on 23 March in [[Kottayam]], [[Travancore]]<br />
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==Deaths==<br />
*[[Henry Valentine Conolly]], British administrator in southern India, murdered by Moplah (Mappila - Muslim) insurgents at Collector's Residence at West Hill Bungalow, Calicut on 11 September<br />
*[[Muhammad Said Khan]], [[Nawab of Rampur]] from 1840 to 1855, died on 1 April<br />
*[[Ghulam Muhammad Ghouse Khan]], Nawab of the Carnatic<br />
*[[Mahmud Gami]], introduced in Kashmiri the Persian forms of the masnavi and ghazal<br />
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