HISTORY
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Work on the Grand Trunk Road from Calcutta to Delhi was begun by the company in
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1843
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1839
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1836
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1840
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In the 1830s the East India Company started a program of metalled road construction, for both commercial and administrative purposes. The road, now named the Grand Trunk Road, from Calcutta, through Delhi, to Kabul, Afghanistan was rebuilt at a cost of £1000/mile.
Detailed explanation-2: -Lord Auckland, is the right answer.
Detailed explanation-3: -Sher Shah Suri built the Grand Trunk Road, a road that connects Bengal to Pakistan.
Detailed explanation-4: -The oldest, longest, and most famous highway in the Indian subcontinent, the Grand Trunk Road was also brought to completion under the administration of Lord William Bentinck.
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