The enforcement of the Public Service was done in

(A) tenure of Bentinck
(B) tenure of Cornwallis
(C) tenure of Curzon
(D) tenure of Dalhousie

Correct Answer : tenure of Cornwallis
Question Asked : UPPCS (Spl) (Mains) 2004
Cornwallis created Civil Service in India. After being the governor general of Bengal, Cornwallis restructured the administration and abolished the revenue boards and laid the fresh laws for them. He introduced new policies regarding the personal business of British officers. He exclusively divided the jurisdiction of civil and judicial administration through “Cornwallis code” which later, in turn, transformed into civil services in India.
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