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Who introduced the system of Civil Service?

  1. A
    Lord Hardinge
  2. B
    William Bentinck
  3. C
    Warren Hastings
  4. D
    Lord Dalhousie

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Warren Hastings laid the foundational elements of civil service administration in British India by creating the office of District Collectors in 1772. Later, Lord Cornwallis highly structured, modernized, and separated it into covenanted services, earning him the title of the 'Father of Civil Service in India'. Among the given options, Warren Hastings represents the administrator who introduced the preliminary framework.

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Who introduced the system of Civil Service?
A
Lord Hardinge
B
William Bentinck
C
Warren Hastings
D
Lord Dalhousie

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