UPSC Prelims PYQ 2009: First Municipal Corporation in India

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

1. Calcutta
2. Madras
3. Bombay
4. Delhi

Explanation

Option (b) is correct

• The Greater Chennai Corporation (previously Madras) is the Oldest Municipal Institution in India established on the 29th September 1688.

Answer: (b) Madras