1887 in India

Incumbents

• Empress of India – Queen Victoria
• Viceroy of India – The Earl of Dufferin

Events

• National income - 4,525 million
• Trinity College London examiners conducted music examinations in Mumbai for the first time.
• India formed the Central Special Branch, now called the Intelligence Bureau. It is India's equivalent to the US's Federal Bureau of Investigation. The Intelligence Bureau is said to be the oldest organization of its type.

Law

• Provincial Small Cause Courts Act
• Suits Valuation Act
• Conversion Of India Stock Act
• British Settlements Act
• Superannuation Act
• Appellate Jurisdiction Act

Births

• 26 February - Benegal Narsing Rau, Indian civil servant, jurist, diplomat and statesman
• 22 December – Srinivasa Ramanujan, mathematician