1898 in India

Events in the year '''1898 in India'''

Incumbents

1 January – Binay Ranjan Sen, diplomat, Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization.
11 January – Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar, writer.
13 January – Samsa, playwright, poet and novelist.
5 August – Kumbakonam Rajamanickam Pillai, Tamil Carnatic music violinist .
21 November – Rang Avadhoot, saint who is regarded as an incarnation of Lord Dattatreya,.
25 November – Debaki Bose, film director, writer and actor.
2 December – Indra Lal Roy, World War I flying ace, killed in action.

1 October – Manilal Dwivedi, regarded as one of the most influential Gujarati writer and thinker, died at premature age, 40.
March 27, SAKhan, Aligarh.
June 27, Dwarkanath Ganguly, a great social reformer and husband of Kadambini Ganguly died. According to the sources, he was suffering from Hepatitis.