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Q107 (UPPCS/2021) Polity & Governance › Local Government

In India the First Municipal Corporation was set up in which one among the following places ?

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The first Municipal Corporation in India was established in Madras (now Chennai) in 1688. It was created under a Royal Charter issued by King James II of England on December 30, 1687, and officially inaugurated on September 29, 1688. This makes the Greater Chennai Corporation the oldest municipal body in India and the second oldest in the world after the City of London.

  • Calcutta and Bombay: Municipal Corporations in these presidency towns were established later, in 1726.
  • Lord Ripon: Although the first corporation was set up in 1688, Lord Ripon is known as the "Father of Local Self-Government" in India for his resolution of 1882, which provided a more democratic framework for local bodies.

Therefore, Madras is the correct answer as it predates the others by several decades.

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