HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Lord Northbrook
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Lord Dufferin
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Lord Ripon
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Lord Mayo
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Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is Lord Ripon. Lord Ripon served as Viceroy of India from 1880 to 1884. He is known as the popular viceroy in India. He introduced the system of local self-government in India.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Constitutional (73rd Amendment) Act, passed in 1992 by the Narasimha Rao government, came into force on April 24, 1993. It was meant to provide constitutional sanction to establish “democracy at the grassroots level as it is at the state level or national level".
Detailed explanation-3: -Why Resolution of 1882 by Lord Ripon is known as the Magna Carta? Since it created the groundwork for local self-government, Lord Ripon’s Resolution of 1882 is regarded as the “Magna Carta” of local self-government in India.