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UPPSC 2021 GS-I Modern Indian History
Question

In India the First Municipal Corporation was set up in which one among the following places ?

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option B: Madras

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Madras”.
The first such Municipal Corporation was set-up in the former Presidency Town of Madras in 1688; and was followed by similar corporations in the then Bombay and Calcutta in 1726.

A municipal corporation is the legal term for a local governing body, including (but not necessarily limited to) cities, counties, towns, townships, charter townships, villages, and boroughs.

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