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← 1888 1887 1886 1889 in India → 1890 1891 1892
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See also:	List of years in India Timeline of Indian history

Events in the year1889 in India.

• Empress of India –Queen Victoria
• Viceroy of India –Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne
• Nawab of Rampur —Hamid Ali Khan of Rampur

• 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

• Commissioners For Oaths Act (British statute)
• Interpretation Act 1889 (British statute)

• 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 theRastriya 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 1stPrime 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)

• 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)

• Anyonya Co-operative Bank, Vadodora bank
• Delhi Cloth & General Mills, textile conglomerate
• KRBL Limited, rice company
• Mohun Bagan A.C., sports club^[1]

• 14 December —Tantia Bhil, independence fighter (b.1842)

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