Question

In which year was The Municipal Corporation in Calcutta set up by a royal charter?

• A. 1736
• B. 1688
• C. 1726
• D. 1687

Answer 1

Answer:

C. 1726

• By a royal charter, the first Corporation was set up on 4th September, 1726.

• However, this charter led to the formation of municipal corporations in the three major presidency towns of the time:

• Calcutta

• Madras

• Bombay

• Therefore, while the date and the mechanism (Royal Charter) are correct, the statement lacks the crucial context of the location of these first Corporations, which were in the major port cities of British India, not necessarily a single entity set up in one specific place.