1879 in India

Events in the year 1879 in India.

← 1878 1877 1876 1879 in India → 1880 1881 1882
Centuries:	17th 18th 19th 20th 21st
Decades:	1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s
See also:	List of years in India Timeline of Indian history

Incumbents

• Empress of India – Queen Victoria
• Viceroy of India – Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton

Events

• National income - ₹4,083 million
• The Bombay Dyeing & Mfg. Co. Ltd., a textile company, established

Law

• Elephants' Preservation Act
• Legal Practitioners Act
• Registration Of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Army) Act (British statute)
• Indian Guaranteed Railways Act (British statute)
• East Indian Railway (Redemption of Annuities) Act (British statute)
• East India Loan Act (British statute)

Births

• K. N. Sivaraja Pillai (1879–1941) Indian historian, dravidologist and professor (d. 1941).
• Sarojini Naidu (1879-1949) Indian political activist and poet
• Periyar E.V. Ramasamy (1879-1973) Indian social activist and politician