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Events in the year 1863 in India.

Incumbents

• James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, Viceroy (till 20 November)^[1]
• Sir Robert Napier, acting Viceroy (21 November – 2 December)^[1]
• Sir William Denison, acting Viceroy (from 2 December)^[1]

Events

• 20 November - James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, the Viceroy of India died due to Cardiac arrest on his journey from Simla to Dharamshala.

Dates unknown

• Syed Ahmad Khan set up Victoria School at Ghazipur, precursor to Aligarh Movement

Law

• Religious Endowments Act
• India Stock Certificate Act (British statute)
• Colonial Letters Patent Act (British statute)

Births

• 12 January – Swami Vivekananda, chief disciple of Ramakrishna and founder of Ramakrishna Mission (died 1902).^[2]
• 13 July – Margaret Murray, Anglo-Indian Egyptologist, archaeologist, anthropologist, historian, and folklorist (died 1963 in the United Kingdom)^[3]
• 28 August – Mahatma Ayyankali, was a social reformer who worked for the advancement of those people in the then princely state of Travancore, British India, who were treated as untouchables (died 1941).