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Who is called the “Father of Indian Civil Service”?
Who is called the “Father of Indian Civil Service”?
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The correct option is A Lord Cornwallis
Indian Civil Services was the elite higher civil service of the British Empire in British India. The civil services were reformed and modernised by Lord Cornwallis. There were many functions to be performed by them - revenue collection, law and order, justice delivery, etc. Cornwallis realised that in order to consolidate the British rule in India, it was very important to organise the civil services. So he is called the “Father of Indian Civil Service”.
Indian Civil Services was the elite higher civil service of the British Empire in British India. The civil services were reformed and modernised by Lord Cornwallis. There were many functions to be performed by them - revenue collection, law and order, justice delivery, etc. Cornwallis realised that in order to consolidate the British rule in India, it was very important to organise the civil services. So he is called the “Father of Indian Civil Service”.
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