Multiple choice general knowledge history

In which year India's first official census operation undertaken

  1. 1951

  2. 1931

  3. 1901

  4. 1881
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Explanation

India's first official census was conducted in 1881 during the British colonial period. The British Viceroy Lord Mayo initiated this systematic census to gather demographic data across the country. Since then, censuses have been conducted regularly every decade, making it the world's longest-running census system.

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