Correct Answer - Option 1 : Lord Rippon
The correct answer is Lord Rippon.
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Lord Rippon was the Viceroy of India who took the initiative to create elected local government bodies.
- Local government is government at the village and district level.
- It was the 74th amendment to the Constitution of India in 1992 that brought constitutional validity to municipal or local governments.
Some important governors and viceroys and their important events:
| Warren Hastings |
- Regulating Act of 1773
- English Translation of Bhagwat Gita by Charles Wilkins
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| The Marquess Wellesley |
- Introduction of Subsidiary Alliance (1798)
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| The Lord Minto |
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| Lord William Bentinck |
- Bengal Sati Regulation, 1829
- English Education Act 1835
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| Dalhousie |
- The doctrine of Lapse in 1848
- Charter Act, 1853
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