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Download Solution PDFWho was the first Indian to join the Viceroy’s Executive Council?
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Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Satyendra Prasad Sinha.
Important Points
- The Indian Councils Act 1909 allowed the Governor-General to nominate one Indian member to the Executive Council, leading to the election of the first Indian member, Satyendra Prasanna Sinha.
- Lord Satyendra Prasanna Sinha, 1st Baron Sinha, was a prominent lawyer and statesman in British India.
- He was the first Governor of Bihar and Orissa, the first Indian Advocate-General of Bengal, the first Indian to join the Executive Council of the Viceroy, and the first Indian to join the British Ministry.
- Sinha established a successful law practice in Calcutta after returning to India in 1886.
- Sinha became Standing Counsel to the Government of India in 1903, overriding the English Barrister's claims.
- He was the first Indian to be appointed in 1905 as Bengal's Advocate-General, a post confirmed in 1908.
- He was knighted on 1 January 1915 in the New Year Honours.
- At the Bombay session of Congress, Sinha was elected President of the Indian National Congress in 1915.
Satyendra Prasad Sinha
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