1863 in India
Events in the year 1863 in India.
Incumbents
- James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, Viceroy
- Sir Robert Napier, acting Viceroy
- Sir William Denison, acting Viceroy
Events
- 20 November - James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, the Viceroy of India died due to Cardiac arrest on his journey from Simla to Dharamshala.
Dates unknown
- Syed Ahmad Khan set up Victoria School at Ghazipur, precursor to Aligarh Movement
Law
- Religious Endowments Act
- India Stock Certificate Act
- Colonial Letters Patent Act
Births
- 12 January – Swami Vivekananda, chief disciple of Ramakrishna and founder of Ramakrishna Mission.
- 13 July – Margaret Murray, Anglo-Indian Egyptologist, archaeologist, anthropologist, historian, and folklorist
- 28 August – Mahatma Ayyankali, was a social reformer who worked for the advancement of those people in the then princely state of Travancore, British India, who were treated as untouchables.