1875 in India

Events in the year 1875 in India.

Incumbents

 * Thomas Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook, Viceroy

Events

 * National income - ₹3,628 million
 * India Meteorology Department was established on 15 January.
 * Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College, founded by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan in Aligarh (now Uttar Pradesh); later became Aligarh Muslim University in 1920.
 * Albert Edward, the Prince of Wales, arrives in British India, on an official visit representing his mother Queen Victoria, the Empress of India, remaining there until the following year.
 * 8 November – The Prince of Wales visits Bombay. Establishment of Arya SAMAJ
 * 10 April - The Arya Samaj was founded by Swami Dayanand Saraswati.

Law

 * Majority Act
 * Tolls On Roads & Bridges Act

Births

 * 31 October – Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, political and social leader (died 1950).
 * 22 December – Nanda Kishore Bal, poet (died 1928).