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{{Year in India|1899}}<br />
Events in the year '''1899 in India'''.<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 />
* Viceroy of India – [[George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston]] (from 6 January)<br />
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==Events==<br />
* National income - {{INR}}6,832 million<br />
* [[Swami Vivekananda]] founded the [[Ramakrishna Mission]] at [[Calcutta]] on 1 May.<br />
* 31 December - The Sunset of the Century written by Rabindranath Tagore.<br />
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==Law==<br />
* Indian Stamp Act<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indiacode.nic.in/handle/123456789/15510?view_type=search&sam_handle=123456789/1362 |title= Indian Stamp Act |date= |website=India Code |publisher= |access-date=29 March 2022 }}</ref><br />
*Government Buildings Act<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indiacode.nic.in/handle/123456789/2332?view_type=search&sam_handle=123456789/1362 |title= Government Buildings Act |date= |website= India Code|publisher= |access-date=29 March 2022 }}</ref><br />
*Glanders and Farcy Act<br />
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==Births==<br />
*15 February – [[Mani Madhava Chakyar]], master [[Koothu|Chakyar Koothu]] and [[Koodiyattam]] artist (died [[1990 in India|1990]]).<br />
*10 October – [[Baldev Upadhyaya]], [[Sanskrit]] scholar, literary [[historian]], [[essayist]] and [[critic]] (died [[1999 in India|1999]]).<br />
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*[[Banaphool]], author, playwright and poet (died [[1979 in India|1979]]).<br />
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==Deaths==<br />
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==References==<br />
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