Question

In India, the first municipal corporation was set up in which one of the following area?
1. Calcutta
2. Madras
3. Bombay
4. Delhi

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Madras

The Correct answer is Madras.

• In 1687, the first municipal corporation in India was set up at Madras.
• The Chennai Municipal Corporation (officially the Corporation of Chennai), formerly known as the Corporation of Madras, is the civic body that governs the city of Chennai (formerly Madras), India.
• Inaugurated on September 29, 1688, under a Royal Charter issued by King James II on December 30, 1687, as the Corporation of Madras, it is the oldest municipal body of the Commonwealth of Nations outside Great Britain.
• It is headed by a mayor, who presides over 200 councillors, each of whom represents one of the 200 wards of the city.
• It is also the second oldest corporation in the world.