1898 in India

Events in the year 1898 in Pakistan

Incumbents

• Empress of India – Queen Victoria
• Viceroy of India – Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin

Events

• Frontier War of 1897-98[1]

Births

• 19 January – Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar, writer (died 1976).
• 21 November – Shri Rang Avadhoot, Saint who is regarded as an incarnation of Lord Dattatreya, (died 1968 in India)
• 25 November – Debaki Bose, film director, writer and actor (died 1971).
• 2 December – Indra Lal Roy, World War I flying ace, killed in action (died 1918).

Deaths

• 1 October – Manilal Dwivedi (b. 1858), regarded as one of the most influential Gujarati writer and thinker, died at premature age, 40.

References

1. Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 262