Events in the year 1871 in India.
Incumbents Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo, Viceroy
Events National income - ₹3,348 million
Law 12 October – Criminal Tribes Act enacted by British rule in India, which named over 160 communities "Criminal Tribes", i.e. hereditary criminals. It was repealed in 1949. Pensions Act Cattle Trespass Act Limitation Act India Stock Dividends Act (British statute)
Births 7 August —Abanindranath Tagore, India writer and painter (died 1951).
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