1871 in India
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Events in the year 1871 in India.
Incumbents
- Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo, Viceroy
Events
- 12 October – Criminal Tribes Act (CTA) enacted by British rule in India, which named over 160 communities "Criminal Tribes", i.e. hereditary criminals. It was repealed in 1949, after Independence of India.
Births
- 7 August —Abanindranath Tagore, India writer and painter (died 1951).[1]
References
- ^ Roshen Dalal (23 August 2017). India at 70: snapshots since Independenc. Penguin Random House India Private Limited. pp. 40–. ISBN 978-93-86815-37-8.
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