1871 in India

Events in the year 1871 in India.

Incumbents

 * Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo, Viceroy

Events

 * National income - ₹3,348 million

Law

 * 12 October – Criminal Tribes Act enacted by British rule in India, which named over 160 communities "Criminal Tribes", i.e. hereditary criminals. It was repealed in 1949.
 * Pensions Act
 * Cattle Trespass Act
 * Limitation Act
 * India Stock Dividends Act (British statute)

Births

 * 7 August —Abanindranath Tagore, India writer and painter (died 1951).