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← 1884 1883 1882 1885 in India → 1886 1887 1888
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See also:	List of years in India Timeline of Indian history

Events in the year 1885 in India.

• Empress of India – Queen Victoria^[1]
• Viceroy of India – The Earl of Dufferin^[2]

• National income - ₹3,991 million
• 24 June – Lord Randolph Churchill becomes Secretary of State for India.^[2]
• 28 December – 72 Indian lawyers, academics and journalists gather at Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College in Bombay to form the Congress Party.
• First President of Indian National Congress – W. C. Banerjee; First Secretary of Indian National Congress – A. O. Hume; Dadabbhai Naoroji gave the name Indian National Congress

• Indian Telegraph Act
• Land Acquisition (Mines) Act
• East India Unclaimed Stock Act (British statute)
• East India Loan Act (British statute)
• Indian Army Pension Deficiency Act (British statute)
• Evidence By Commission Act (British statute)

• 14 February – Syed Zafarul Hasan, Muslim philosopher (died 1949).

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