1899
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Calcutta receives electricity supply , although earlier that year, teh Maharaja of Bikaner had apparently been teh first Indian to switch on an electric light bulb. Lord Curzon becomes Viceroy and Governor general of India. The seminal work of Urdu literature,Ruswa Mohammed Hadi Mirza's Umrao Jaan Ada is published. Performance of B.G.Deval's Marathi play, Sangeet Sharada, someties cited as the first ever reform 'social'.
H.S. Bhatavadekar films a wrestling match in Bombay's hanging gardens.
First recording of Indian music by Gramaphone and Typewriter Ltd. in London in 1899
