1898 in India
Events in the year '''1898 in India'''
Incumbents
Events
- National income - 6,227 million
- Frontier War of 1897–98
Law
- Code Of Criminal Procedure
- Indian Post Office Act
- Live-stock Importation Act
Births
- 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.
Date unknown
- I. K. Taimni, chemist.
Deaths
- 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.