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UPSC History Expansion Company and Bengal Nawabs Question Bank British Rule and Its Impacts and Regional Powers

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    In addition to Macaulay's Minutes on Education, another landmark draft is also attributed to him. Identify the draft from the following.  [NDA 2011-I]

    A)  Draft of Indian Penal Code

    B)  Draft of Indian Forest Policy

    C)  Draft of the Zamindari Abolition Act

    D)  Draft of the Maritime Trade Policy

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

     The Indian Penal code was drafted in 1860 on the recommendations of first law commission of India established in 1834 under the Charter Act of 1833 under the Chairmanship of Thomas Babington Macaulay. It came into force British India in 1862. Indian Penal Code (IPC) is the main criminal code of India. It is a comprehensive code intended to cover all substantive aspects of criminal law.


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