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Which one of the following Governor -Generals of India was called the Maker of Modern India?

  1. Lord Elgin

  2. Lord Mayo

  3. Lord Ripon

  4. Lord Dalhousie
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Explanation

Lord Dalhousie (1848-1856) is known as the 'Maker of Modern India' because of his sweeping reforms and infrastructure projects that transformed British India. He introduced railways, telegraph, postal system, modern education, and implemented the Doctrine of Lapse. While other Governors-General contributed to India, Dalhousie's reforms had the most modernizing impact. Elgin, Mayo, and Ripon had different priorities.

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