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{{Year in India|1897}}<br />
Events in the year '''1897 in India'''.many great leaders were killed and the revolt of 1897 was suppressed.This was called the biggest the revolt of Indian independence.<br />
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==Incumbents==<br />
* [[Emperor of India|Empress of India]] – [[Queen Victoria]]<br />
* Viceroy of India – [[Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin]]<br />
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==Events==<br />
* National income - {{INR}}5,658 million<br />
* The [[Indian famine of 1896–97]] comes to a close<br />
* [[Scindia School]] is established in [[Gwalior]]<br />
* Frontier War of 1897–98<ref>''Everyman's Dictionary of Dates''; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 262</ref><br />
* [[Battle of Saragarhi]]<br />
* 12 June – The 8.0 {{M|w}} [[1897 Assam earthquake|Assam earthquake]] shook northeastern India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''), killing 1,542.<br />
* Construction of Indian education service<br />
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==Law==<br />
*Epidemic Diseases Act<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indiacode.nic.in/handle/123456789/2326?view_type=search&sam_handle=123456789/1362 |title= Epidemic Diseases Act |date= |website= |publisher= |access-date=29 March 2022 }}</ref><br />
*General Clauses Act<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indiacode.nic.in/handle/123456789/2328?view_type=search&sam_handle=123456789/1362 |title= General Clauses Act |date= |website= India Code|publisher= |access-date=29 March 2022 }}</ref><br />
*Indian Fisheries Act<br />
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==Births==<br />
* 23 January – [[Subhas Chandra Bose]], one of the leaders of the [[Indian independence movement]] (dies [[1945 in India|1945]]).<br />
* 8 February – [[Zakir Hussain (politician)|Zakir Hussain]], politician and third [[president of India]] (dies [[1969 in India|1969]]).<br />
* 19 April – [[Peter de Noronha]], businessman and civil servant (dies [[1970 in India|1970]]).<br />
* 26 April – [[Nitin Bose]], Indian film director, cinematographer and screenwriter (dies [[1986 in India|1986]])<br />
* 3 May – [[V. K. Krishna Menon]], nationalist and politician (dies [[1974 in India|1974]]).<br />
* 2 November – [[Sohrab Modi]], Indian Parsi stage and film actor, director and producer (dies [[1984 in India|1984]])<br />
* [[Sahana Devi]] Indian singer and niece of [[Chittaranjan Das]] is born (dies [[1990 in India|1990]])<br />
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==Deaths==<br />
* [[Abdul Ghani Saheb Saudagar]], trader and business person dies (born [[1843 in India|1843]])<br />
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