1872 in India

Events in the year 1872 in India.

Incumbents

 * Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo, Viceroy
 * Sir John Strachey, acting Viceroy (9–23 February)
 * Francis Napier, 10th Lord Napier, acting Viceroy (24 February – 3 May)
 * Thomas Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook, Viceroy (from 3 May)

Events

 * National income - ₹3,376 million
 * 8 February - Viceroy of India, Lord Mayo killed by a prisoner of Cellular Jail, Sher Ali Afridi.

Law

 * Indian Evidence Act
 * Indian Contract Act
 * Indian Christian Marriage Act
 * Naturalisation Act (British statute)
 * Civil Marriage Act

Births

 * 14 April – Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Islamic scholar who translated the Qur'an into English (died 1953).
 * 15 August – Sri Aurobindo, nationalist, scholar, poet, mystic, evolutionary philosopher, yogi and guru (died 1950).
 * 25 December – Ganganath Jha, scholar of Sanskrit, Indian philosophy and Buddhist philosophy (died 1941).

Deaths

 * 8 February – Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo, Viceroy