1875 in India

Events in the year 1875 in India.

← 1874 1873 1872 1875 in India → 1876 1877 1878
Centuries:	17th 18th 19th 20th 21st
Decades:	1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s
See also:	List of years in India Timeline of Indian history

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.^[1] Establishment of Arya SAMAJ
• 10 April - The Arya Samaj was founded by Swami Dayanand Saraswati.
• 9 July - Bombay Stock Exchange known as BSE, Indian stock market was founded

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).