1842 in India
Events in the year 1842 in India. Incumbents
The Earl of Ellenborough, Governor-General, 1842-44. Events
 1st Afghan War, 1837-42. Law

Births
16 January – Mahadev Govind Ranade, judge, author and reformer (died 1901). Deaths
 Undated
 William Francis Thompson, British India civil servant, magistrate and philologist

References

 
India
Years of the 19th century in India