A) Warren Hastings
B) Lord Wellesley.
C) Lord Canning
D) William Bentinck
Correct Answer: C
Solution :
[c] Archaeological and historical pursuits in India started with the efforts of Sir William Jones, who put together a group of antiquarians to form the Asiatic Society on 15th January 1784 in Calcuta. The Archaeological Survey of India was eventually formed in 1861 by a statute passed into law by Lord Canning with Cunningham as the first Archaeological Surveyor. To this day, Alexander Cunningham is revered 'as the "Father of Indian Archaeology".
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