Events in the year 1878 in India.
Incumbents Empress of India – Queen Victoria Viceroy of India – Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
Events National income - ₹3,960 million 20 September – The Hindu, an Indian newspaper, was founded. 26 December - Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of 1878 that opened up Goa to British Raj.
Law Vernacular Press Act Indian Treasure Trove Act Sea Customs Act Dentists Act (British statute) Elders' Widows' Fund (India) Act (British statute) Territorial Waters Jurisdiction Act (British statute)
Births 21 February – The Mother (Mirra Alfassa), multi-origined spiritual leader and founder of Auroville in India (d. 1973) 27 November – Jatindramohan Bagchi, poet (d. 1948). 10 December – C. Rajagopalachari, Indian politician and freedom-fighter. (d. 1972)
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Deaths 15 June - Shiv Dayal Singh, Founder and first Satguru of Radha Soami faith (born 1818).