1898 in India

Incumbents

• Empress of India – Queen Victoria
• Viceroy of India – Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin

  Events

• Frontier War of 1897-98

  Births

• 19 January – Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar, writer.
• 21 November – Shri Rang Avadhoot, Saint who is regarded as an incarnation of Lord Dattatreya,
• 25 November – Debaki Bose, film director, writer and actor.
• 2 December – Indra Lal Roy, World War I flying ace, killed in action.

  Deaths

• 1 October – Manilal Dwivedi, regarded as one of the most influential Gujarati writer and thinker, died at premature age, 40.