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| 1825 | English replaces Persian as the chief language in India |
| 1828 | BENTINCK, Lord Wm. Cavendish
1st Governor General of India
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| 1835 | METCALFE, Lord Charles
Governor General of India
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| 1836 | AUCKLAND, Lord
Governor General of India
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| 1842 | ELLENBOROUGH, Lord Edward, Law
Governor General of India
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| 1844 | BIRD, Wm. Wilberforce
Governor General of India
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| 1844 | HARDINGE, Viscount Henry
Governor General of India |
| 1848 | DALHOUSIE, Lord
Governor General of India
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| 1851, October 29th | The British-Indian Association was formed. The objective was to "promote the improvement and efficiency of the British-Indian Government by every legitimate means within its power. |
| 1854, August 15 | Joshua Greenbow drove the first train of the Eastern Railway from HOWRAH to HOOGLY, a stretch of 25 Kms. The train had a capacity to carry 300 passengers. |
| 1855 | CANNING, Viscount
First Viceroy of India
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| 1857 | Cawnpore Massacre. One of the most notorious events of the Indian Mutiny during the Spring of 1857 |
| 1861 | BRUCE, James Eighth Earl of Elgin
Viceroy of India |
| 1863 | LAWRENCE, Sir John
Viceroy of India |
| 1868 | BURKE, Richard, Southwell, Earl of Mayo (assassinated)
Viceroy of India |
| 1872 | NORTHBROOK, Lord Edward,C.
Viceroy of India |
| 1876 | LYTTON, Lord Edward, Robert, Bulwer
Viceroy of India |
| 1880 | RIPON, Marquis George Robinson
Viceroy of India |
| 1884 | DUFFERIN, Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Earl of Dufferin
Viceroy of India
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| 1884 | Lt. Col. Sir Neville Chamberlain drew up the rules of Snooker at the Ootacamund Club |
| 1885 | First Annual Conference of the Eurasian & Anglo-Indian Association of India was held in Jabalpur |
| 1888 | LANSDOWNE, Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne |
| 1893 | ELGIN, Victor Alexander, Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin
Viceroy of India |
| 1898 | CURZON, George Nathaniel, 1st Baron Curzon of Kedleston
Viceroy of India |
| 1905 | MINTO, Gilbert John Elliott-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto
Viceroy of India |
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