1879 in India

Events in the year 1879 in India.

Incumbents

 * Empress of India – Queen Victoria
 * Viceroy of India – Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton

Events

 * National income - ₹4,083 million
 * The Bombay Dyeing & Mfg. Co. Ltd., a textile company, established

Law

 * Elephants' Preservation Act
 * Legal Practitioners Act
 * Registration Of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Army) Act (British statute)
 * Indian Guaranteed Railways Act (British statute)
 * East Indian Railway (Redemption of Annuities) Act (British statute)
 * East India Loan Act (British statute)

Births

 * K. N. Sivaraja Pillai (1879–1941) Indian historian, dravidologist and professor (d. 1941).
 * Sarojini Naidu (1879-1949) Indian political activist and poet
 * Periyar E.V. Ramasamy (1879-1973) Indian social activist and politician