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List of events
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.
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
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 )
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
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
^ 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