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2020

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which Place becomes India’s first municipal corporation to provide forestland right certificates to people of urban area?
A
Jaisalmar
B
Jaipur
C
Jodhpur
D
Jagdalpur
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Jagdalpur municipal corporation is one of the municipal corporations which encloses forest lands in its jurisdiction area.

Detailed explanation-2: -Municipal bodies have a long history in India. 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.

Detailed explanation-3: -Detailed Solution. The Correct answer is Madras.

Detailed explanation-4: -Greater Chennai Corporation of the city of Chennai in Tamil Nadu is the oldest municipal corporation in India and second oldest municipal corporation in the world only behind City of London Corporation in United Kingdom.

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