Events in the year 1866 in India.
Incumbents
Sir John Lawrence, Governor-General of India, 12 January 1864 – 12 January 1869
Colonel Edmund Haythorne, Adjutant-General of India, 22 June 1860–January 1866
Colonel Henry Errington Longden, Adjutant-General of India, January 1866–March 1869 Lord Napier, Governor of Madras, 1866-1872 Ram Singh II, Maharao of Kota State, 20 July 1828 – 27 March 1866 Chhatar Sal Singh II, Maharao of Kota State, 27 March 1866 – 11 June 1889 Sagramji II Devaji (Sagramji Bhanabhai), Thakur of Gondal State, 1851-14 December 1869 Bham Pratap Singh, Raja and Maharajah of Bijawar State, 23 November 1847 – 15 September 1899 Shri Singh, Raja of Chamba State, 1844-1870 Ranmalsinhji Amarsinhji, Raj Sahib of Dhrangadhra State, 9 April 1843 – 16 October 1869 Madan Pal, Maharaja of Karauli State, 4 March 1854 – 16 August 1869 Hiravajra Singh Deo, Maharajah of Patna, 1848-August 1866 Pratap Singh Deo, Maharajah of Patna, 1866-1878 Cecil Beadon, Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, 1862-1866 Afzal ad-Dawlah, Asaf Jah V, Nizam of Hyderabad, 16 May 1857 – 26 February 1869 Robert Milman, consecrated bishop of Trichy-Tanjore Diocese of the Church of South India Charles Pelly, revenue member of the Madras Legislative Council, 1862-1866 William Reierson Arbuthnot, member of the Madras Legislative Council, 1866-1870
Events
East India Association, founded by Dadabhai Naoroji
47 million people were affected by the Orissa famine of 1866
Muhammad Qasim Nanotvi established the Darul Uloom Deoband on 31 May 1866, founding the Deobandi movement Nanotvi founded Mazahir Uloom Saharanpur in November Khursheed Ali Khan established Jamia-e-Imania on 15 December in Varanasi Brahmoism split into the new Sadharan Brahmo Samaj sect Allahabad High Court was established as the High Court of Judicature for the North-Western Provinces at Agra on 17 March Naga Hills was given district status British Indian administration established a post at Samaguting to end intertribal warfare and tribal raids on property and personnel in Nagaland Government Victoria College, Palakkad was established in Kerala Gossner Theological College Seminary was established in Jharkhand St. Mary's Convent Inter College was established in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh Harish Chandra Postgraduate College opened on 1 April in Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh Christ Church College, Kanpur opened in Kanpur as part of the University of Calcutta Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay published Kapalkundala, a Bengali novel Nandshankar Tuljashankar Mehta published Karan Ghelo in Gujarati Edward John Waring published Pharmacopoeia of India Bajaur Scouts were created Scinde Dawk stamps, the first adhesive stamps used in Asia, were discontinued in June British Raj acquired Dalhousie Cantonment and Bakloh for 5,000 rupees as a convalescent depot for European troops Douglas Hamilton published Report on the High Ranges of the Annamullay Mountains in Madras Commercial Bank of India of Bombay, founded in 1845, failed in the Panic of 1866 United Bank of India was established Grand Chord and the Howrah–Delhi main line were opened, connecting Delhi and Kolkata while the Kalka Mail entered into service Sahibganj loop was opened, connecting Khana Junction and Kiul Junction Mughalsarai–Kanpur section was opened, connecting Mughalsarai Junction and Kanpur Central Nasik Road railway station was opened in Nashik Manmad Junction railway station was opened in Nashik Khandwa Junction railway station was opened Mathura–Vadodara section was opened Barharwa Junction railway station was opened Kanpur–Delhi section was opened, connecting Kanpur Central and Delhi Mokama–Barauni section, connecting Mokama Junction and Barauni in Bihar Ghaziabad railway station opened Laksar Junction opened in Laksar, Uttarakhand A supplement, the Pioneer Mail, consisting of "48 quarto-size pages," mostly of advertisements, was added to The Pioneer , designed to carry troops between the United Kingdom and British India, is launched on 8 December The meteorite Jamkheir fell in Maharashtra on 5 October Madurai was constituted as a municipality. Coimbatore was constituted as a municipality. Machilipatnam Municipal Corporation was constituted as a municipality Kumbakonam was constituted as a municipality Indian soldiers were first allowed promotions beyond subedar