1869 in India

Events in the year 1869 in India.

Incumbents

 * Sir John Lawrence, Viceroy
 * Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo, Viceroy (from 12 January)

Events

 * La Martinière Girls' School is founded in Lucknow.

Law

 * Divorce Act
 * East India Irrigation and Canal Act (British statute)
 * East India Loan Act

Births

 * 11 April – Kasturba Gandhi, wife of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (died 1944).
 * 2 October – Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, political and spiritual leader in India and the Indian independence movement, born (died 1948).

Deaths

 * 15 February - Ghalib, Persian and Urdu poet. (b. 27 December 1797)