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Question : Who was the first Viceroy of India?

Option 1: Lord Canning

Option 2: Lord Curzon

Option 3: Lord Wavell

Option 4: Lord Mountbatten


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Correct Answer: Lord Canning


Solution : The correct option is Lord Canning .

Lord Canning was a British diplomat who held the positions of Governor-General and first Viceroy of India during the 1857 Indian uprising and when the East India Company's power was transferred to Queen Victoria's throne in 1858 following the suppression of the uprising. Lord Dalhousie drafted the Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act 1856 before the rebellion and Canning approved it.

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