GK
INDIAN HISTORY
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Question
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Who among the following Governor General created the Covenanted Civil Service of India which later came to be known as the Indian Civil Service?
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Warren Hastings
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Wellesley
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Cornwallis
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William Bentinck
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Lord Cornwallis (1786-93) was the first to bring into existence and organize the civil services.
Detailed explanation-2: -Lord Cornwallis, one of the Governor Generals of Bengal, introduced the Civil Services to India.
Detailed explanation-3: -Cornwallis began in 1787 by giving limited criminal judicial powers to the company’s revenue collectors, who already also served as civil magistrates. He also required them to report regularly on detention times and sentences given.
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