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Who started the Public Works Department in India in AD 1848?

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Lord William Bentinck

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Lord Dalhousie

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Lord Wellesley

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Lord Cornwallis

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The correct option is A Lord Dalhousie
Lord Dalhousie, who was the governor-general of India from 1848 to 1856, started the Public Works Department in 1848, and irrigation projects were among the earliest to be launched by this department.

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