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Modern Indian History UPPSC 2017 GS-I
Question

Who remarked about the East India Company that "The Company is an anomaly but it is part of a system where everything is an anomaly"?

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Option B: G. B. Macaulay

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The correct answer is “G. B. Macaulay”.
G. B. Macaulay remarked about the East India Company that "The Company is an anomaly but it is part of a system where everything is an anomaly."

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