1899 in India
Events in the year 1899 in India. Incumbents
 Empress of India – Queen Victoria
 Viceroy of India – Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin
 Viceroy of India – George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (from 6 January)

Events
 National income - 6,715 million
 Swami Vivekananda founded the Ramakrishna Mission at Calcutta on 1 May. 31 December - The Sunset of the Century written by Rabindranath Tagore. Law
 Indian Stamp Act
Government Buildings Act
Glanders and Farcy Act

Births
15 February – Mani Madhava Chakyar, master Chakyar Koothu and Koodiyattam artist (died 1990). 10 October – Baldev Upadhyaya, Sanskrit scholar, literary historian, essayist and critic (died 1999). Full date unknown
Banaphool, author, playwright and poet (died 1979). Deaths

