Answer» Correct Answer - Option 1 : Lord Reading
The correct answer is Lord Reading. - Lord Reading is the viceroy who appointed the 'Hilton Young commission' which led to the establishment of RBI.
- The Hilton Young Commission was appointed in 1926.
- It was also called the "royal commission".
- The Reserve Bank of India was established on 1st April 1935.
- Lord Reading is the British viceroy who abolished the Devadasi system in India.
- Railway budget and General budget were separated during the tenure of Lord Reading.
- Rowlatt Act was withdrawn by Lord Reading.
- Lord Irwin was the Indian viceroy during the arrival of the Simon Commission.
- Government of India Act 1935 was passed during the period of Lord Willington.
- Lord Linlithgow is the longest-serving viceroy of India.
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