1838 in India

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Timeline of Indian history

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This list details events in the year 1838 in India. Major events include the Agra famine of 1837-38, and the founding of the Times of India on 3 November.

## Incumbents

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* The Earl of Auckland, Governor-General, 1836–42.[1]
* Alexander Cunningham, aide-de-camp to Lord Auckland, 1836–1840
* Sir John Keane, Lieutenant-General of the Bombay Army, 1834–1840
* Zirat Prasad, regent of Bhaisunda, 1829–1840
* Raghuji Bohonsle III, Maratha of Nagpur, 1818–1853
* Gaya Prasad, Chaube of Taraon State, 1812–1840
* Anand Rao Puar "Rao Sahib", Raja of Dewas State, 1817–1840
* Dariao Singh, Rao of Paldeo, 1812–1840
* Shiv Saran Singh, Rana of Baghal State, 1828-16 January 1840
* Jashwant Singh, Raja of Nabha State, December 1783-21 May 1840
* Kandhaji IV, Thakur Sahib of Palitana State, 1820–1840
* Nonghanji IV, Thakur Sahib of Palitana State, 1824–1860
* Henry Fane, Commander-in-Chief, India, 1835–1839
* Chandrasinhji II Kesarisinhji, Maharana Raj Sahib of the Wankaner State, 1787–1839
* Ranjit Singh, founder and Maharajah of the Sikh Empire, 1780–1839
* Jashwant Singh, Rana of Alirajpur State, 1818-17 March 1862
* Raja Zalim Sen, Raja of Mandi State, 1826–1839
* Bhup Deo, Raja of Kanker State, 1818–1839

## Events

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* First Anglo-Afghan War, 1837–1842[2]
* The Times of India is founded on 3 November
* Jhalawar State is founded in the Hadoti region
* Agra famine of 1837–38 kills 800,000 people in North-Western Provinces
* Afghan Church founded in Mumbai
* Basel Evangelical School is founded
* Jessop & Company work on construction of the first iron bridge in British India, Loha-ka-Pul over River Gomti at Lucknow, 1812–1840

## Law

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* Coasting Vessels Act

## Births

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* Sultan Shah Jahan, Begum of Bhopal, Nawab of Bhopal, born on 29 July 1838
* Jaswant Singh II, Maharaja of Jodhpur, born in Himatnagar
* Gaurakisora Dasa Babaji, acharya from the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition of Hinduism
* Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Bengali writer, poet and journalist, born on 27 June in Naihati, Bengal
* Hormusjee Naorojee Mody, Parsi-Hongkonger businessman, born on 12 October 1838 in Bombay
* William Ellison Boggs, chancellor of the University of Georgia, born in Ahmedunggar on 12 May 1838
* Valentine Cameron Prinsep, British Pre-Raphaelite painter, born on 14 February 1838 in Calcutta
* Colonel Charles Swinhoe, English naturalist and lepidopterist who served in the British Army in India, born on 27 August 1838 in Calcutta

## Deaths

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* Mubarak Ali Khan II, Nawab of Bengal, died on 3 October
* Shahaji I, ruler of Kolhapur State, on 29 November

## References

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1. ^ William Freke Williams and William Cooke Stafford (1863). England's Battles by Sea and Land: History of England's campaigns in India and China; and of the Indian mutiny, 1857–1859. Printing and publishing company. p. 301.
2. ^ Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 261

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