1873 in India

Events in the year 1873 in India.

Incumbents

 * Thomas Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook, Viceroy

Events

 * National income - ₹3,441 million
 * Bihar famine of 1873–74

Law

 * Indian Oaths Act
 * Government Savings Promotion Act
 * Government Saving Banks Act
 * East India Stock Dividend Redemption Act (British statute)
 * East India Loan Act (British statute)
 * Indian Railway Companies Act (British statute)
 * Extradition Act (British statute)
 * Slave Trade Act (British statute)

Births

 * 19 December – Upendranath Brahmachari, scientist and medical practitioner (died 1946).