1863 in India
Events in the year 1863 in India. Incumbents
James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, Viceroy (till 20 November)
Sir Robert Napier, acting Viceroy (21 November – 2 December)
Sir William Denison, acting Viceroy (from 2 December)

Events

 20 November - James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, the Viceroy of India died due to Cardiac arrest on his journey from Simla to Dharamshala. Dates unknown 

 Syed Ahmad Khan set up Victoria School at Ghazipur, precursor to Aligarh Movement

Law
Religious Endowments Act
India Stock Certificate Act (British statute)
Colonial Letters Patent Act (British statute)

Births
12 January – Swami Vivekananda, chief disciple of Ramakrishna and founder of Ramakrishna Mission (died 1902). 13 July – Margaret Murray, Anglo-Indian Egyptologist, archaeologist, anthropologist, historian, and folklorist (died 1963 in the United Kingdom)
28 August – Mahatma Ayyankali, was a social reformer who worked for the advancement of those people in the then princely state of Travancore, British India, who were treated as untouchables (died 1941). References

 
India
Years of the 19th century in India