Multiple choice

Which of the following persons was largely associated with the promotion of local self-government in India?

  1. Wavell

  2. Minto

  3. Mayo

  4. Ripon
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Explanation

Lord Ripon, Viceroy of India from 1880-1884, is famously known as the 'Father of Local Self-Government in India' for his landmark Resolution of 1882 that established the framework for local self-government institutions. The Ripon Resolution recommended elected local bodies and laid the foundation for democratic decentralization in India.

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