Events in the year 1864 in India.
Incumbents
*Sir
William Denison, acting Viceroy (till 12 January)
*Sir
John Lawrence, Viceroy
Events
* 9 January -
Scientific Society of Aligarh
The Scientific Society of Aligarh was a literary society founded by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan at Aligarh. The main objectives of the society were to translate Western works on arts and science into vernacular languages and promote western education am ...
established as part of
Aligarh Movement by
Syed Ahmad Khan.
* 1 November - A massive
Cyclone
In meteorology, a cyclone () is a large air mass that rotates around a strong center of low atmospheric pressure, counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere as viewed from above (opposite to an anti ...
and
Tidal wave destroys
Masulipatnam
Machilipatnam (), also known as Masulipatnam and Bandar, is a city in Krishna district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipal corporation and the administrative headquarters of Krishna district. It is also the mandal headquarte ...
and kills nearly 30,000 people.
Dates unknown
*
Simla was declared as the summer capital of
British India by
John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence.
*
Dietrich Brandis
Sir Dietrich Brandis (31 March 1824 – 28 May 1907) was a German-British botanist and forestry academic and administrator, who worked with the British Imperial Forestry Service in colonial India for nearly 30 years. He joined the British civil ...
set up ''Imperial Forest Department'' the earlier form of
Indian Forest Service.
Law
*Indian Tolls Act
*Naval Prize Act (British statute)
*India Office Site Act (British statute)
References
India
Years of the 19th century in India
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