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Lord Canning served as Governor-General during the 1857 Revolt (1856-1858) and subsequently became the first Viceroy of India following Queen Victoria's Proclamation of November 1858.
1857 के विद्रोह के समय लॉर्ड कैनिंग भारत के गवर्नर-जनरल थे, जो 1858 में भारत शासन अधिनियम के तहत भारत के पहले वायसराय बने।
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| Option | Status | Critical Educational Reasoning |
|---|---|---|
| (A) Lord Dalhousie / लॉर्ड डलहौजी | Incorrect | Incorrect. Lord Dalhousie served from 1848 to 1856. His aggressive policies, like Doctrine of Lapse, provoked widespread resentment, but he had already left India before the revolt broke out. |
| (B) Lord Canning / लॉर्ड कैनिंग | Correct | Correct. Lord Canning served as Governor-General from 1856 to 1858 during the revolt and became the first Viceroy under the Government of India Act 1858. |
| (C) Lord Wellesley / लॉर्ड वेलेस्ली | Incorrect | Incorrect. Lord Wellesley served much earlier from 1798 to 1805 and introduced the Subsidiary Alliance system. |
| (D) More than one of the above / उपर... | Incorrect | Incorrect. Only Lord Canning was the Governor-General during 1857. |
| (E) None of the above / उपर्युक्त मे... | Incorrect | Incorrect. Option B is historically verified. |
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Charles Canning (Lord Canning) arrived as Governor-General in early 1856. When the revolt broke out in Meerut on 10 May 1857 following incidents at Barrackpore involving Mangal Pandey, Canning oversaw the military response. Following the suppression of the revolt, the British Parliament enacted the Government of India Act 1858 (Act for the Better Government of India), terminating East India Company rule and transferring authority directly to the British Crown. Canning announced Queen Victoria's Proclamation at the Allahabad Darbar on 1 November 1858, assuming the new title of Viceroy.
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Many candidates confuse Dalhousie with Canning. Dalhousie created the political discontent with the Doctrine of Lapse, but Canning was in office when the rebellion erupted.
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