Events in the year 1889 in India.
Incumbents Empress of India – Queen Victoria Viceroy of India – Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne Nawab of Rampur — Hamid Ali Khan of Rampur
Events Phulmoni Dasi rape case, case involving the death of a 10-year-old child bride which resulted in legal reforms on the age of consent 14 November — Chin-Lushai Expedition of 1889-90, offensive on the tribes of the Chin and Lushai Hills
Law Commissioners For Oaths Act (British statute) Interpretation Act 1889 (British statute)
Births 30 January — Jaishankar Prasad, writer and dramatist (d. 1937) 28 February — Babu Chotelal Shrivastava, independence fighter (d. 1976) 1 March — Gopi Chand Bhargava, first Chief Minister of Punjab (d. 1966) 1 April — Dr Keshav Baliram Hedgewar, founder of the Rastriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) (f. 1925), social reformer and political activist (d. 1940) 4 April — Makhanlal Chaturvedi, Chhayavad writer (d. 1968) 1 July — Benegal Rama Rau, fourth governor of the Reserve Bank of India (d. 1968) 5 August — Muzaffar Ahmad, communist politician and journalist (d. 1973) 16 August — Prabhu Dayal Himatsingka, Indian National Congress politician (d. 1991) 3 September — Sadhu Sundar Singh, Christian missionary (d. 1929) 6 September — Sarat Chandra Bose, barrister and independence activist (d. 1950) 4 November — Jamnalal Bajaj, politician and industrialist (d. 1942) 14 November — Jawaharlal Nehru, politician and 1st Prime Minister of India (d. 1964) 3 December — khudiram Bose, independence fighter and martyr (d. 1908) 7 December — Radhakamal Mukerjee, social scientist (d. 1968) 23 December — Mehr Chand Mahajan, third Chief Justice of India (d. 1967) 25 December — Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman, leader of the All-India Muslim League (d. 1973)
Full date unknown Shapoorji Mistry, businessman (d. 19??) Rafiq Ahmed, communist activist (d. 1982) Keshavrao Date, actor (d. 1971). Amar Nath Kak, lawyer and author (d. 1963). Bhai Balmukund, independence fighter and member of the 1912 Delhi conspiracy (d. 1915) Shamsuddin Ahmed, politician (d. 1969)
Organization foundations Anyonya Co-operative Bank, Vadodora bank Delhi Cloth & General Mills, textile conglomerate KRBL Limited, rice company Mohun Bagan A.C., sports club
Deaths 14 December — Tantia Bhil, independence fighter (b. 1842)
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