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Revolt & Crown Rule

India · 1872Lord Mayo assassinated; Contract and Evidence Acts codify colonial law

Crown rule deepened through legal codification — the Indian Contract Act and Indian Evidence Act, both in force from 1 September 1872 — even as Viceroy Lord Mayo was assassinated at Port Blair and Punjab's Kuka (Namdhari) revolt was crushed. India's first non-synchronous census was also conducted in 1871–72.

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Key figures

Lord Mayo — Viceroy of India, assassinated at Port Blair on 8 February 1872Lord Northbrook — succeeded Mayo as Viceroy in 1872 and served until 1876Sher Ali Afridi — convict at the Port Blair penal settlement who assassinated Lord MayoBaba Ram Singh — leader of the Kuka (Namdhari) movement, deported to Rangoon in 1872James Fitzjames Stephen — Law Member associated with drafting the Indian Evidence Act, 1872Keshub Chandra Sen — Brahmo Samaj leader associated with the campaign for civil marriage reform

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