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With reference to the tenure of Governors-General and Viceroys of India and their administrative reforms, consider the following statements:
- 1. The Charter Act of 1833 was passed during the tenure of Lord William Bentinck, by which the Governor-General of Bengal was made the 'Governor-General of India' and the practices of Sati and Thuggee were completely suppressed.
- 2. During his tenure, Lord Dalhousie annexed princely states like Satara, Jaitpur, Sambalpur, Udaipur, and Nagpur under the 'Doctrine of Lapse', and it was during his time that the telegraph and railway lines were introduced in India for the first time.
- 3. The 'Vernacular Press Act' was passed in 1878 by Lord Lytton, which aimed to restrict the freedom of Indian-language newspapers, and this repressive law was later completely repealed by Lord Ripon in
- 4.
- 5. During the tenure of Lord Curzon, the partition of Bengal took place in 1905, and to fulfill this very objective, the Calcutta University Act of 1904 was passed and the Archaeological Survey of India was established.
Which of the above statements is/are completely correct?
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All the given statements are completely correct. During the time of Lord William Bentinck (1828-1835), the Charter Act of 1833 made the Governor-General of Bengal the Governor-General of India, and with the cooperation of Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Sati (1829) and Thuggee were ended. Lord Dalhousie (1848-1856) applied the Doctrine of Lapse and ran the first train between Bombay and Thane in 1853. Lord Lytton (1876-1880) brought the Vernacular Press Act in 1878 which was repealed by Lord Ripon (1880-1884) in 1882. Lord Curzon (1899-1905) partitioned Bengal in 1905, passed the Universities Act, and established the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).
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