# 1867 in India

Events in the year 1867 in India.

## Incumbents

* Sir John Lawrence, Governor-General of India, 12 January 1864 – 12 January 1869
* Colonel Henry Errington Longden, Adjutant-General of India, January 1866–March 1869
* Lord Napier, Governor of Madras, 1866-1872
* Chhatar Sal Singh II, Maharao of Kota State, 27 March 1866 – 11 June 1889
* Sagramji II Devaji (Sagramji Bhanabhai), Thakur of Gondal State, 1851-14 December 1869
* Bham Pratap Singh, Raja and Maharajah of Bijawar State, 23 November 1847 – 15 September 1899
* Shri Singh, Raja of Chamba State, 1844-1870
* Ranmalsinhji Amarsinhji, Raj Sahib of Dhrangadhra State, 9 April 1843 – 16 October 1869
* Madan Pal, Maharaja of Karauli State, 4 March 1854 – 16 August 1869
* Pratap Singh Deo, Maharajah of Patna, 1866-1878
* Afzal ad-Dawlah, Asaf Jah V, Nizam of Hyderabad, 16 May 1857 – 26 February 1869
* Ram Singh I, Raja of Sitamau State, 1802-1867
* Bhawani Singh, Raja of Sitamau State, 1867-28 May 1885
* Khem Savant IV "Bapu Sahib" Bhonsale, Raja Bahadur of Sawantwadi State, 3 October 1812 – 1867
* Phond Savant IV "Bapu Sahib" Bhonsale, Raja Bahadur of Sawantwadi State, 1867-7 March 1869
* William Reierson Arbuthnot, member of the Madras Legislative Council, 1866-1870

## Events

* Hindus in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh demanded that Hindi be made an official language in place of Urdu.
* Urdu/Hindi Controversy.
* The central government switches from a May–April fiscal year to an April–March one to align with that of the British government.
* British Indian soldiers participate in the British Expedition to Abyssinia from 1867 to 1868
* Jesuits destroy the ruins of the Chudamani Vihara
* British soldiers mounted the Andaman Islands Expedition, landing on Little Andaman on 21 March
* Prarthana Samaj, a movement for religious and social reform in Bombay, was founded
* Administration of the Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867 was passed
* Dadabhai Naoroji established the East India Association, one of the predecessor organisations of the Indian National Congress
* Henry Miers Elliot's The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians is published in London from 1867 to 1877
* Ohel David Synagogue was constructed in Pune by David Sassoon
* Sassoon Hospital was built in Pune by David Sassoon
* St. Vincent's High School was established in Pune
* Sribati G.K. High School was established
* Balmer Lawrie manufacturing company was founded in Calcutta
* Madras Boat Club, one of the oldest rowing centres in India, was founded
* Balaghat district was constituted
* Buldhana district was constituted
* Ellichpur District was constituted
* Daulatpur Mohsin High School was founded
* Great Indian Peninsula Railway's Allahabad-Jubbulpore branch line was opened in June
* Jogeshwari railway station was opened
* Mahalaxmi railway station was opened
* BB&CI, the first suburban railway, opened

## Law

* Murderous Outrages Regulation
* Public Gambling Act of 1867 is passed, prohibiting the running or being in charge of a public gaming house
* Press & Registration Of Books Act
* Portuguese Civil Code
* Oriental Gas Company Act

## Births

* Bruce McRae, American stage and early silent film actor, on 15 January
* Champat Rai Jain, founder of the Jain mission in London, is born on 6 August in Delhi
* Harry Bard, secretary of the Pan American Society of the United States, on 27 August
* M. V. Dhurandhar, painter and postcard artist, born in Kolhapur, Maharashtra
* Mahashankar Vishwanath Thaker, Chief Treasurer of the Princely State of Limbdi under Jhala Rajput rule, born in Wadhwan, Gujarat
* Edward Vere Levinge, administrator in the Indian Civil Service who rose to serve as acting Lieutenant-Governor of the British Raj, born on 24 May in Cuttack
* Sankaradas Swamigal, Tamil writer, actor, playwright, songwriter and drama producer, born in Tuticorin
* Maud Diver, English author who wrote novels, short stories, biographies and journalistic pieces, born on 9 September in Murree
* Jain Spiritual Saint, Philosopher and Poet Shrimad RajchandraJi was Born in Vavania, Gujarat on 09thNovember 1967

## Deaths

* Ram Singh I, Raja of Sitamau State, 1867
* Khem Savant IV "Bapu Sahib" Bhonsale, Raja Bahadur of Sawantwadi State