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In India, the first Municipal Corporation was set up in which one among the following cities?

  1. Madras

  2. Calcutta

  3. Mumbai

  4. Delhi
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The first Municipal Corporation in India was established in Madras (now Chennai) in 1688 under a Royal Charter from the British East India Company. It was originally called the Madras Corporation and is the oldest municipal body in not just India, but all of Asia outside the UK. Calcutta (now Kolkata) got its corporation later in 1847. Mumbai's corporation came later. Delhi's municipal corporation was established much later. The correct answer is Madras (Chennai).

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