1841 in India

Incumbents

• The Earl of Auckland, Governor-General, 1836-42.
• Nicol Alexander Dalzell, assistant commissioner of customs in Bombay

  Events

• Sino-Sikh War, May 1841 to August 1842, General Zorawar Singh Kahluria of the Sikh Empire invaded Qing Tibet
• First Anglo-Afghan War, 1837-1842
• Missionaries from the Presbyterian Church of Wales found the Presbyterian Church in India in the Khasi Hills in northeast India
• Johann Christian Freidrich Heyer, Lutheran minister in America, becomes the first Lutheran Missionary from America to visit India
• 52nd Regiment of Foot comes to India from Australia
• Loreto Sisters come to India and build schools
• British India Society begins publishing British Indian Advocate

  Births

• Frederick William Spring, British Army officer and military historian
• Nawab Waqar-ul-Mulk Kamboh, one of the founders of the All India Muslim League

  Deaths

• Zorawar Singh Kahluria, the "Napoleon of India," who invaded Tibet in the Sino-Sikh War
• Ranchhodji Diwan, chief minister of Junagadh state
• Prithvi Singh Deo, raja of Sonepur State
• Nahar Singh, raja of Sailana State