PrKJ Studies

  ◦ 1862-63: Lord Elgin I as Viceroy ◦ Lord Canning 1858-1862 ◦ Plastic was first introduced in 1862 in London ◦ Madras Native Association had ceased to exist on 1862 ◦ first coinage in modern India under the crown was issued in 1862. ◦ Indian council Act 1861 ‣ In 1862, Lord Canning, the then viceroy, nominated three Indians to his legislative council—the Raja of Benaras, the Maharaja of Patiala and Sir Dinkar Rao ◦ death of Dudu Mian in 1862 ◦ Bahadur Shah II died in November 1862 at the age of 87. ◦ Koya Revolts of the eastern Godavari track (modern Andhra), joined by Khonda Sara chiefs, rebelled in 1803, 1840, 1845, 1858, 1861 and 1862. ◦ Narendranath Datta (1862-1902), who later came to be known as Swami Vivekananda ◦ Bengalee (this, and Amrita Bazar Patrika—the first vernacular papers). 1862, Calcutta. Girishchandra Ghosh (taken over by S.N. Banerjea in 1879) ◦ Indian Mirror (fortnightly— first Indian daily paper in English). Early 1862, Calcutta....

◦ Lord Canning 1858-1862 ◦ Archaeological Survey of India founded in 1861 by Alexander Cunningham, who also became                                                                 its first Director-general ◦ 1861(1853, 1856, 1875) - Alexander Cunningham: 1826 - Charles Masson; 1831 - Alexander         Burnes  ◦ Widow ReMarriage Society (Association) of Ranade was established at Poona in 1861 ◦ Widow Marriage Association (1861) ◦ Indian Councils Act 1861 ‣ beginning of representative institutions by associating Indians with the law-making process ‣ process of decentralisation by restoring the legislative powers to the Bombay and Madras Presidencies ‣ recognition to the ‘portfolio’ system, introduced by Lord Canning in 1859. ◦ Phulaguri peasants’ rebellion in 1861 ◦ Indian...

◦ Lord Canning 1858-1862 ◦ The 1st Age of consent act was enacted in the year 1860, it fixed the minimum age of marriage as 10 ◦ By the Regulation of 1860 the maximum age was lowered to 22 for Civil Service exam. ◦ indigo commission in 1860 ◦ The 1860 play Nil Darpan  (“Mirror of the Indigo”) by Dina Bandhu Mitra, did much to draw attention in India and Europe to the plight of the indigo growers ◦ M. Singaravelar (1860–1946), was a pioneer in the labour movement activities in the Madras presidency. ◦ government leather factory was set up in 1860 in Kanpur. ◦ the Ulgulan uprising, supported by Birsa Munda (1860-1920); against introduction of feudal, zamindari tenures and exploitation by moneylenders and forest contractors. ◦ Indian Penal Code (1860)

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