1841 in India

Events in the year 1841 in India.

Incumbents

 * The Earl of Auckland, Governor-General, 1836–42.
 * Nicol Alexander Dalzell, assistant commissioner of customs in Bombay

Events

 * Sino-Sikh War, May 1841 to August 1842, General Zorawar Singh Kahluria of the Sikh Empire invaded Qing Tibet
 * First Anglo-Afghan War, 1837-1842
 * Missionaries from the Presbyterian Church of Wales found the Presbyterian Church in India in the Khasi Hills in northeast India
 * Johann Christian Freidrich Heyer, Lutheran minister in America, becomes the first Lutheran Missionary from America to visit India
 * 52nd Regiment of Foot comes to India from Australia
 * Loreto Sisters come to India and build schools
 * British India Society begins publishing British Indian Advocate

Law

 * Succession (Property Protection) Act

Births

 * Frederick William Spring, British Army officer and military historian
 * Nawab Waqar-ul-Mulk Kamboh, one of the founders of the All India Muslim League

Deaths

 * Zorawar Singh Kahluria, the "Napoleon of India," who invaded Tibet in the Sino-Sikh War
 * Ranchhodji Diwan, chief minister of Junagadh state
 * Prithvi Singh Deo, raja of Sonepur State
 * Nahar Singh, raja of Sailana State