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List of events
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
The
Earl of Auckland , Governor-General, 1836–42.
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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
Law
Births
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
References
^ 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.
^ Everyman's Dictionary of Dates ; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 261