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This article details events occurring in the year 1839 in India . Major events include the reduction of the Khanate of Kalat to a subsidiary ally of the British, and the capture of Aden in Yemen by the East India Company, creating an important stopover for voyages between Europe and India.
Incumbents
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The Earl of Auckland , Governor-General, 1836-42.[1]
Alexander Cunningham , aide-de-camp to Lord Auckland, 1836-1840
Sir John Keane , Lieutenant-General of the Bombay Army , 1834-1840
Zirat Prasad, regent of Bhaisunda , 1829-1840
Nau Nihal Singh , Maharaja of the Sikh Empire , 1839-1840
Bhao Rao Phanse, Dewan of Indore State , 1839-1840
Raghuji Bohonsle III , Maratha of Nagpur , 1818-1853
Gaya Prasad , Chaube of Taraon State , 1812-1840
Anand Rao Puar "Rao Sahib" , Raja of Dewas State , 1817-1840
Dariao Singh , Rao of Paldeo , 1812-1840
Shiv Saran Singh , Rana of Baghal State , 1828-16 January 1840
Jashwant Singh , Raja of Nabha State , December 1783-21 May 1840
Kandhaji IV , Thakur Sahib of Palitana State , 1820-1840
Nonghanji IV , Thakur Sahib of Palitana State, 1824-1860
Henry Fane , Commander-in-Chief, India , 1835-1839
Gaya Prasad , Chaube of Taraon State
Anand Rao Puar "Rao Sahib" , Raja of Dewas State
Shiv Saran Singh , Rana of Baghal State
Jashwant Singh , Raja of Nabha State
Ahmed Shah, King of the Maqpon dynasty
Chandrasinhji II Kesarisinhji , Maharana Raj Sahib of the Wankaner State , 1787-1839
Vakhatsinhji Chandrasinhji, Maharana Raj Sahib of the Wankaner State, 1839-1842
Ranjit Singh , founder and Maharajah of the Sikh Empire , 1780-1839
Kharak Singh , Maharajah of the Sikh Empire, 1839-1840
Jashwant Singh, Rana of Alirajpur State , 1818-17 March 1862
Raja Zalim Sen , Raja of Mandi State , 1826-1839
Raja Balbir Sen , Raja of Mandi, 1839-1851
Bhup Deo , Raja of Kanker State , 1818-1839
Padma Deo , Raja of Kanker State, 1839–1853
Major-General William Henry Sleeman heads the Thuggee and Dacoity Department from February 1839
Thug Behram , ruler of a Thugee death cult
Events
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First Anglo-Afghan War , 1837–1842[2]
Battle of Ghazni , part of the First Anglo-Afghan War, occurs on 23 July 1839 in Ghazni , Afghanistan
East India Company forces capture Aden to provide a coaling station for ships en route to India, founding the Aden Colony
Khanate of Kalat is reduced to a subsidiary alliance with the British Empire, self-governing under Khans
British India Society is founded in England
Jessop & Company work on construction of the first iron bridge in British India, Loha-ka-Pul over River Gomti at Lucknow , 1812–1840
36th Jacob's Horse , a unit cavalry of the British Indian Army , is established
Feast of Saint Raphael, Ollur is held for the first time in Ollur , near Thrissur , Kerala
The cornerstone for St. Paul's Cathedral, Kolkata is laid
Bishop Hodges Higher Secondary School is established
St. Mary's Anglo-Indian Higher Secondary School is established
St. Paul's Church, Landour is established
Thomas John Newbold is appointed deputy assistant adjutant-general and postmaster to the field force of the East India Company
John Nicholson , then a cadet in the East India Company's Bengal Infantry , reaches India
Sambad Prabhakar , a weekly newspaper, became a daily newspaper
The Statue of Thomas Munro was shipped to Madras
Mr. Grange (Sub Assistant to the Commissioner at Nowgong ) lead the first expedition to the Naga Hills (Mezoma and Khonoma )
Law
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Births
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July - Baba Jaimal Singh , Founder of Radha Soami Satsang Beas (died 29 December 1903).
Allan Webb in Calcutta, second Bishop of Bloemfontein , baptised on 17 November
William Francis Frederick Waller , recipient of the Victoria Cross , born at Dagoolie, India on 20 August 1839
Hanson Jarrett , recipient of the Victoria Cross, on 22 March in Madras
Hugh Shaw , recipient of the Victoria Cross, on 4 February in Madras
Jamsetji Tata , pioneer industrialist, who founded the Tata Group , India's biggest conglomerate company, on 3 March in Navsari , Baroda , Bombay Presidency
Deaths
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Ranjit Singh , first Maharajah of the Sikh Empire , on 27 June 1839 in Lahore , Punjab , Sikh Empire
Sankara Varman , astronomer-mathematician belonging to the Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics
George Havell , a painter
Chandrasinhji II Kesarisinhji , Maharana Raj Sahib of the Wankaner State
Jean-François Allard , French soldier and adventurer, in Punjab, Sikh Empire
William Francklin , English orientalist and army officer, on 12 April
Raja Zalim Sen , Raja of Mandi State , died in June 1839
Bhup Deo , Raja of Kanker State
References
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^ William Freke Williams and William Cooke Stafford (1863). England's Battles by Sea and Land: History of England's campaigns in India and China; and of the Indian mutiny, 1857-1859 . Printing and publishing company. p. 301.
^ Everyman's Dictionary of Dates ; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 261
R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1839_in_India&oldid=1180363326 "
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