← 1873 1872 1871 1874 in India → 1875 1876 1877
Centuries:	17th 18th 19th 20th 21st
Decades:	1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s
See also:	List of years in India Timeline of Indian history

Events in the year 1874 in India.

• Thomas Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook, Viceroy

• National income - ₹3,507 million
• Bihar famine of 1873–74
• East India Company is dissolved.^[1]

• Married Women's Property Act
• Civil Jails Act
• East India Annuity Funds Act (British statute)
• East India Loan Act (British statute)
• Courts (Colonial) Jurisdiction Act (British statute)
• Colonial Clergy Act (British statute)

• Kavi Kalapi, poet (died 1900)^[2]