Multiple choice general knowledge

First FM of independant India?

  1. CD Deshmukh

  2. Morarji Desai

  3. Shanmukham Chetty

  4. HM Patel
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Explanation

R.K. Shanmukham Chetty served as the first Finance Minister of independent India from 1947 to 1949. He presented independent India's first budget in 1947. C.D. Deshmukh became Finance Minister later in 1950, while Morarji Desai served as Finance Minister in the late 1950s and early 1960s before becoming Prime Minister.

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