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{{Year in India|1867}}<br />
Events in the year '''1867 in India'''.<br />
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==Incumbents==<br />
*Sir [[John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence|John Lawrence]], [[Governor-General of India]], 12 January 1864 – 12 January 1869<br />
*Colonel [[Henry Errington Longden]], Adjutant-General of India, January 1866–March 1869<br />
*[[Francis Napier, 10th Lord Napier|Lord Napier]], [[Governor of Madras]], 1866–1872<br />
*Chhatar Sal Singh II, Maharao of [[Kota State]], 27 March 1866 – 11 June 1889<br />
*[[Sagramji II Devaji]] (Sagramji Bhanabhai), Thakur of [[Gondal State]], 1851-14 December 1869<br />
*[[Bham Pratap Singh]], Raja and Maharajah of [[Bijawar State]], 23 November 1847 – 15 September 1899<br />
*[[Shri Singh]], Raja of [[Chamba State]], 1844–1870<br />
*[[Ranmalsinhji Amarsinhji]], Raj Sahib of [[Dhrangadhra State]], 9 April 1843 – 16 October 1869<br />
*[[Madan Pal]], Maharaja of [[Karauli State]], 4 March 1854 – 16 August 1869<br />
*[[Pratap Singh Deo]], Maharajah of Patna, 1866–1878<br />
*[[Afzal ad-Dawlah, Asaf Jah V]], [[Nizam of Hyderabad]], 16 May 1857 – 26 February 1869<br />
*[[Ram Singh I]], Raja of [[Sitamau State]], 1802–1867<br />
*[[Bhawani Singh]], Raja of Sitamau State, 1867-28 May 1885<br />
*[[Khem Savant IV "Bapu Sahib" Bhonsale]], Raja Bahadur of [[Sawantwadi State]], 3 October 1812 – 1867<br />
*[[Phond Savant IV "Bapu Sahib" Bhonsale]], Raja Bahadur of Sawantwadi State, 1867-7 March 1869<br />
*[[William Reierson Arbuthnot]], member of the Madras Legislative Council, 1866–1870<br />
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==Events==<br />
*[[Hindus]] in the [[United Provinces of Agra and Oudh]] [[Hindu-Urdu controversy|demanded]] that [[Hindi]] be made an official language in place of [[Urdu]].<br />
*[[Urdu/Hindi Controversy]].<ref><br />
[http://www.storyofpakistan.com/articletext.asp?artid=A133 Urdu-Hindi Controversy], from [http://www.storyofpakistan.com/ Story of Pakistan].</ref><br />
*The central government switches from a May–April [[fiscal year]] to an April–March one to align with that of the British government.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.infracircle.in/india-move-january-december-financial-year-april-march-shankar-acharya-committee-finance-ministry/ |title=India should move to January–December financial year from April–March, Shankar Acharya Committee to finance ministry |website=Infracircle |publisher=[[VCCircle]] |date=28 December 2016 |access-date=5 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230185927/http://www.infracircle.in/india-move-january-december-financial-year-april-march-shankar-acharya-committee-finance-ministry/ |archive-date=30 December 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
*British Indian soldiers participate in the [[British Expedition to Abyssinia]] from 1867 to 1868<br />
*[[Jesuits]] destroy the ruins of the [[Chudamani Vihara]]<br />
*British soldiers mounted the [[Andaman Islands Expedition]], landing on [[Little Andaman]] on 21 March<br />
*[[Prarthana Samaj]], a movement for religious and social reform in Bombay, was founded<br />
*[[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Administration of the Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867]] was passed<br />
*[[Dadabhai Naoroji]] established the [[East India Association]], one of the predecessor organisations of the [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
*[[Henry Miers Elliot]]'s ''[[The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians]]'' is published in London from 1867 to 1877<br />
*[[Ohel David Synagogue]] was constructed in [[Pune]] by [[David Sassoon (treasurer)|David Sassoon]]<br />
*[[Sassoon Hospital]] was built in Pune by David Sassoon<br />
*[[St. Vincent's High School]] was established in Pune<br />
*[[Sribati G.K. High School]] was established<br />
*[[Balmer Lawrie]] manufacturing company was founded in Calcutta<br />
*[[Madras Boat Club]], one of the oldest rowing centres in India, was founded<br />
*[[Balaghat district]] was constituted<br />
*[[Buldhana district]] was constituted<br />
*[[Ellichpur District]] was constituted<br />
*[[Daulatpur Mohsin High School]] was founded<br />
*[[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]]'s Allahabad-Jubbulpore branch line was opened in June<br />
*[[Jogeshwari railway station]] was opened<br />
*[[Mahalaxmi railway station]] was opened<br />
*[[BB&CI]], the first suburban railway, opened<br />
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==Law==<br />
*[[Murderous Outrages Regulation]]<br />
*[[Gambling in India|Public Gambling Act of 1867]] is passed, prohibiting the running or being in charge of a public gaming house<br />
*Press & Registration Of Books Act<br />
*Portuguese Civil Code<br />
*Oriental Gas Company Act<br />
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==Births==<br />
*[[Bruce McRae]], American stage and early silent film actor, on 15 January<br />
*[[Champat Rai Jain]], founder of the [[Jain]] mission in London, is born on 6 August in Delhi<br />
*[[Harry Bard]], secretary of the [[Pan American Society]] of the United States, on 27 August<ref>{{cite book |author=Glen Levin Swiggett |title=Proceedings of the second Pan American scientific congress |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |year=1917 |page=[https://archive.org/details/proceedingsseco10swiggoog/page/n127 105] |quote=Harry E. Bard, secretary of the Pan American Society of the United States |url=https://archive.org/details/proceedingsseco10swiggoog}}</ref><br />
*[[M. V. Dhurandhar]], painter and postcard artist, born in [[Kolhapur]], Maharashtra<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/01/17/stories/2008011751200200.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080121065801/http://www.hindu.com/2008/01/17/stories/2008011751200200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 January 2008 |location=Chennai, India |work=[[The Hindu]] |title=Promoting contemporary art |date=17 January 2008}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.imagesofasia.com/dhurandhar.php |title=Women of India by M.v. Dhurandhar |access-date=31 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160120061013/http://imagesofasia.com/dhurandhar.php |archive-date=20 January 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
*[[Mahashankar Vishwanath Thaker]], Chief Treasurer of the Princely State of [[Limbdi]] under [[Jhala]] [[Rajput]] rule, born in [[Wadhwan]], Gujarat<br />
*[[Edward Vere Levinge]], administrator in the Indian Civil Service who rose to serve as acting Lieutenant-Governor of the British Raj, born on 24 May in [[Cuttack]]<br />
*[[Sankaradas Swamigal]], Tamil writer, actor, playwright, songwriter and drama producer, born in [[Tuticorin]]<br />
*[[Maud Diver]], English author who wrote novels, short stories, biographies and journalistic pieces, born on 9 September in [[Murree]]<br />
*Jain Spiritual Saint, Philosopher and Poet Shrimad RajchandraJi was Born in Vavania, Gujarat on 09thNovember 1967<br />
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==Deaths==<br />
*[[Ram Singh I]], Raja of [[Sitamau State]], 1867<br />
*[[Khem Savant IV "Bapu Sahib" Bhonsale]], Raja Bahadur of [[Sawantwadi State]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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