1842 in India

Events in the year 1842 in India.

Incumbents

 * The Earl of Ellenborough, Governor-General, 1842-44.

Events

 * 1st Afghan War, 1837-42.

Births

 * 16 January – Mahadev Govind Ranade, judge, author and reformer (died 1901).

Deaths

 * Undated
 * William Francis Thompson, British India civil servant, magistrate and philologist