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Who was the first Indian Governor General of free India?

  1. A
    Rajendra Prasad
  2. B
    Chakraborty Rajagopalachari
  3. C
    Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan
  4. D
    None of them

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Chakraborty Rajagopalachari (popularly known as C. Rajagopalachari or Rajaji) succeeded Lord Mountbatten to become the first and only Indian Governor-General of independent India, serving from June 1948 until the country adopted its republican constitution on January 26, 1950.

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Who was the first Indian Governor General of free India?
A
Rajendra Prasad
B
Chakraborty Rajagopalachari
C
Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan
D
None of them

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