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India-related events in the year 1889
Events in the year 1889 in India.
Incumbents
Events
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Births
- 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 the
Rastriya 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 1st
Prime Minister of India (d.
1964)
- 3 December —
Kshudiram 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)
Full date unknown
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