Who was the Governor General of India when the telegraph in India was introduced ........

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Who was the Governor-General of India when the telegraph in India was introduced?

Lord Henry Hardinge

Lord Mountbatten

Lord Dalhousie

Lord William Bentick

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Explanation:

Third option is correct.

Lord Dalhousie was the Governor-General of India when the telegraph in India was introduced.
In 1850, the first experimental electric telegraph line was started between Calcutta and Diamond Harbour. In 1851, it was opened for the use of the British East India Company.