1842 in India

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See also:	List of years in India Timeline of Indian history

Events in the year 1842 in India.

Incumbents

• The Earl of Ellenborough, Governor-General, 1842-44.^[1]

Events

• 1st Afghan War, 1837-42.^[2]

Births

• 16 January – Mahadev Govind Ranade, judge, author and reformer (died 1901).

Deaths

• Undated
  • William Francis Thompson, British India civil servant, magistrate and philologist^[3]

References

1. Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 264
2. Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 261
3. University of Toronto, Jackson Bibliography of Romantic Poetry, online at: https://jacksonbibliography.library.utoronto.ca/author/details/thompson-william-francis/21590.