Lord Wellesley became the Governor-General of colonial India in the yeara)1795.b)1796.c)1797.d)1798.Correct answer is option 'C'. Can you explain this answer?

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Lord Wellesley became the Governor-General of colonial India in the year

a)
1795.
b)
1796.
c)
1797.
d)
1798.

Correct answer is option 'C'. Can you explain this answer?

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Lord Wellesley built a massive palace, called the Government House, for himself in Calcutta (Kolkata). He was concerned about the condition of the Indian part of the city – the crowding, the excessive vegetation, the dirty tanks, the smells and the poor drainage. He wrote a minute in 1803 on the need for town planning.

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