1879 in India

Incumbents

• Empress of India – Queen Victoria
• Viceroy of India – Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton

Events

• National income - 4,083 million
• The Bombay Dyeing & Mfg. Co. Ltd., a textile company, established

Law

• Elephants' Preservation Act
• Legal Practitioners Act
• Registration Of Births, Deaths and Marriages Act
• Indian Guaranteed Railways Act
• East Indian Railway Act
• East India Loan Act

Births

• K. N. Sivaraja Pillai Indian historian, dravidologist and professor.
• Sarojini Naidu Indian political activist and poet
• Periyar E.V. Ramasamy Indian social activist and politician