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{{Year in India|1878}}<br />
Events in the year '''1878 in India'''.<br />
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==Incumbents==<br />
* [[Emperor of India|Empress of India]] – [[Queen Victoria]]<br />
* Viceroy of India – [[Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton]]<br />
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==Events==<br />
*National income - ₹3,960 million<br />
* 20 September – ''[[The Hindu]]'', an Indian newspaper, was founded.<br />
* 26 December - [[Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of 1878]] that opened up [[Goa]] to [[British Raj]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Age-old forested way linking Goa, Karnataka to be shut |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/age-old-forested-way-linking-goa-karnataka-to-be-shut/articleshow/123879580.cms |access-date=2025-09-15 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><br />
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==Law==<br />
*[[Vernacular Press Act]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vernacular Press Act |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Vernacular-Press-Act |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=Britannica}}</ref><br />
*Indian Treasure Trove Act<br />
*Sea Customs Act<br />
*Dentists Act (British statute)<br />
*Elders' Widows' Fund (India) Act (British statute)<br />
*Territorial Waters Jurisdiction Act (British statute)<br />
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==Births==<br />
* 21 February – The Mother ([[Mirra Alfassa]]), multi-origined spiritual leader and founder of [[Auroville]] in India (d. 1973)<br />
*27 November – [[Jatindramohan Bagchi]], poet (d. 1948).<br />
* 10 December – [[C. Rajagopalachari]], Indian politician and freedom-fighter. (d. 1972)<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:1878 in India| ]]<br />
[[Category:1878 by country|India]]<br />
[[Category:Years of the 19th century in India]]<br />
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==Deaths==<br />
* 15 June - [[Shiv Dayal Singh]], Founder and first Satguru of Radha Soami faith (born 1818).<br />
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