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Events in the year '''1856 in India'''.<br />
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==Incumbents==<br />
*[[Queen Victoria]], Monarch of United Kingdom.<br />
*[[James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie]], Governor-General of India (since 12 January 1848)<br />
*[[Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning]], Governor-General of India (till 21 March 1862)<br />
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==Events==<br />
*11 February– Nawab [[Wajid Ali Shah]] deposed. He was last King of [[Oudh State]], reigned 13 February 1847 – 11 February 1856. Annexation of the [[Awadh|Kingdom of Oudh]]<br />
*28 February – End the tenure of Governor-General of India [[James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie]].<br />
*28 February – [[Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning]] became Governor-General of India (till 21 March 1862)<br />
*25 July – [[Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act, 1856]]<br />
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==Births==<br />
*4 March – [[Toru Dutt]], poet (died [[1877 in India|1877]]).<br />
*1 April – [[Acacio Gabriel Viegas]], Goan physician (died [[1933 in India|1933]])<br />
*14 June – [[Ahmed Rida Khan]], [[Sunni]] Muslim scholar and founder of [[Barelwi]] [[school of thought]] (died [[1921 in India|1921]]).<br />
*23 July – [[Bal Gangadhar Tilak]], nationalist, social reformer and independence fighter (died [[1920 in India|1920]]).<br />
*20 August – [[Narayana Guru]] (died [[1928 in India|1928]])<br />
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==Deaths==<br />
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