The department of state was established under whose headship in India?

(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) J. L. Nehru
(C) G. B. Pant
(D) Sardar Patel
(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

Correct Answer : Sardar Patel
Question Asked : 63rd BPSC (Pre.) Exam 2018
On 27 June, 1947, Sardar Patel assumed additional charge of the newly created States' Department with V.P. Menon as its Secretary. Patel was fully aware of the danger posed to Indian unity by the possible intransigence of the rulers of the states.
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