Events in the year 1841 in India.

Incumbents The Earl of Auckland, Governor-General, 1836–42. Nicol Alexander Dalzell, assistant commissioner of customs in Bombay

Events Sino-Sikh War, May 1841 to August 1842, General Zorawar Singh Kahluria of the Sikh Empire invaded Qing Tibet First Anglo-Afghan War, 1837-1842Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 261 Missionaries from the Presbyterian Church of Wales found the Presbyterian Church in India in the Khasi Hills in northeast IndiaErwin Fahlbusch and Geoffrey William Bromiley, The Encyclopedia of Christianity, Volume 4, Eerdmans, 2005, , p. 538. Johann Christian Freidrich Heyer, Lutheran minister in America, becomes the first Lutheran Missionary from America to visit India 52nd Regiment of Foot comes to India from Australia Loreto Sisters come to India and build schools British India Society begins publishing British Indian Advocate

Law Succession (Property Protection) Act

Births Frederick William Spring, British Army officer and military historian Nawab Waqar-ul-Mulk Kamboh, one of the founders of the All India Muslim League

Deaths Zorawar Singh Kahluria, the "Napoleon of India," who invaded Tibet in the Sino-Sikh War Ranchhodji Diwan, chief minister of Junagadh state Prithvi Singh Deo, raja of Sonepur State Nahar Singh, raja of Sailana State

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