1867 in India

Events in the year 1867 in India.

Incumbents

 * Sir John Lawrence, Governor-General of India, 12 January 1864 – 12 January 1869
 * Colonel Henry Errington Longden, Adjutant-General of India, January 1866–March 1869
 * Lord Napier, Governor of Madras, 1866-1872
 * Chhatar Sal Singh II, Maharao of Kota State, 27 March 1866 – 11 June 1889
 * Sagramji II Devaji (Sagramji Bhanabhai), Thakur of Gondal State, 1851-14 December 1869
 * Bham Pratap Singh, Raja and Maharajah of Bijawar State, 23 November 1847 – 15 September 1899
 * Shri Singh, Raja of Chamba State, 1844-1870
 * Ranmalsinhji Amarsinhji, Raj Sahib of Dhrangadhra State, 9 April 1843 – 16 October 1869
 * Madan Pal, Maharaja of Karauli State, 4 March 1854 – 16 August 1869
 * Pratap Singh Deo, Maharajah of Patna, 1866-1878
 * Afzal ad-Dawlah, Asaf Jah V, Nizam of Hyderabad, 16 May 1857 – 26 February 1869
 * Ram Singh I, Raja of Sitamau State, 1802-1867
 * Bhawani Singh, Raja of Sitamau State, 1867-28 May 1885
 * Khem Savant IV "Bapu Sahib" Bhonsale, Raja Bahadur of Sawantwadi State, 3 October 1812 – 1867
 * Phond Savant IV "Bapu Sahib" Bhonsale, Raja Bahadur of Sawantwadi State, 1867-7 March 1869
 * William Reierson Arbuthnot, member of the Madras Legislative Council, 1866-1870

Events

 * Hindus in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh demanded that Hindi be made an official language in place of Urdu.
 * Urdu/Hindi Controversy.
 * The central government switches from a May–April fiscal year to an April–March one to align with that of the British government.
 * British Indian soldiers participate in the British Expedition to Abyssinia from 1867 to 1868
 * Jesuits destroy the ruins of the Chudamani Vihara
 * British soldiers mounted the Andaman Islands Expedition, landing on Little Andaman on 21 March
 * Prarthana Samaj, a movement for religious and social reform in Bombay, was founded
 * Administration of the Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867 was passed
 * Dadabhai Naoroji established the East India Association, one of the predecessor organisations of the Indian National Congress
 * Henry Miers Elliot's The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians is published in London from 1867 to 1877
 * Ohel David Synagogue was constructed in Pune by David Sassoon
 * Sassoon Hospital was built in Pune by David Sassoon
 * St. Vincent's High School was established in Pune
 * Sribati G.K. High School was established
 * Balmer Lawrie manufacturing company was founded in Calcutta
 * Madras Boat Club, one of the oldest rowing centres in India, was founded
 * Balaghat district was constituted
 * Buldhana district was constituted
 * Ellichpur District was constituted
 * Daulatpur Mohsin High School was founded
 * Great Indian Peninsula Railway's Allahabad-Jubbulpore branch line was opened in June
 * Jogeshwari railway station was opened
 * Mahalaxmi railway station was opened
 * BB&CI, the first suburban railway, opened

Law

 * Murderous Outrages Regulation
 * Public Gambling Act of 1867 is passed, prohibiting the running or being in charge of a public gaming house
 * Press & Registration Of Books Act
 * Portuguese Civil Code
 * Oriental Gas Company Act

Births

 * Bruce McRae, American stage and early silent film actor, on 15 January
 * Champat Rai Jain, founder of the Jain mission in London, is born on 6 August in Delhi
 * Harry Bard, secretary of the Pan American Society of the United States, on 27 August
 * M. V. Dhurandhar, painter and postcard artist, born in Kolhapur, Maharashtra
 * Mahashankar Vishwanath Thaker, Chief Treasurer of the Princely State of Limbdi under Jhala Rajput rule, born in Wadhwan, Gujarat
 * Edward Vere Levinge, administrator in the Indian Civil Service who rose to serve as acting Lieutenant-Governor of the British Raj, born on 24 May in Cuttack
 * Sankaradas Swamigal, Tamil writer, actor, playwright, songwriter and drama producer, born in Tuticorin
 * Maud Diver, English author who wrote novels, short stories, biographies and journalistic pieces, born on 9 September in Murree
 * Jain Spiritual Saint, Philosopher and Poet Shrimad RajchandraJi was Born in Vavania, Gujarat on 09thNovember 1967

Deaths

 * Ram Singh I, Raja of Sitamau State, 1867
 * Khem Savant IV "Bapu Sahib" Bhonsale, Raja Bahadur of Sawantwadi State