Multiple choice

In India, the first initiative for the development of local self government institutions was taken during the time of

  1. Lord Mayo

  2. Lord Rippon

  3. Lord Cornwallis

  4. Lord Wellesley
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Explanation

No doubt, Lord Rippon is known as the “father of local self government”, but it was Lord Mayo's Resolution (for decentralisation of power to bring about administrative efficiency in meeting people's demand and to add to the finances of colonial regime) that gave the needed impetus to the development of local institutions. It was a landmark in the evolution of colonial policy towards local government.

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