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GS History Modern India
Q.

In which of the Governor General’s tenure following developments took place?

1. Woods Despatch

2. First Railway Line

3. First Telegraph Line

4. Widows Remarriage Act

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

Explanation:

Lord Dalhousie (1848-1856)

  1. Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848-49) and annexation of Punjab (1849).
  2. Annexation of Lower Burma or Pegu (1852).
  3. Introduction of the Doctrine of Lapse
  4. ‘Wood's Educational Despatch’ of 1854 and opening of Anglo vernacular schools and government colleges.
  5. Railway Minute of 1853; and laying down of first railway line connecting Bombay and Thane in 1853.
  6. Telegraph (4000 miles of telegraph 'fines to connect Calcutta with Bombay, Madras and Peshawar) and postal (Post Office Act, 1854) reforms.
  7. Ganges Canal declared open (1854); establishment of separate
  8. Public works department in every province.
  9. Widow Remarriage Act (1856).

Thus, Option C is Correct.

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