Events in the year 1853 in India.

Events

* April 16 – The first Indian train steamed off from

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Law

*Coinage (Colonial Offences) Act *Customs Consolidation Act *Charter Act 1853

Births

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1924 Events January * January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after. * January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China hol ...

Deaths

* Kerala Varma IV, monarch of

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References

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Years of the 19th century in India