Consider the following statements 1 Lord Cornallis was first Governor General who est...........

Modern Indian History Viceroys and Governor Generals

Consider the following statements:

1. Lord Cornallis was first Governor General who established a regular police force in India on the British pattern.

2. The Indian Penal Code came into force in the year 1860

3. It was not automatically applied to all the princely states.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

1 and 2

1 only

1 and 3

2 and 3

Lord Cornwallis created a permanent police force in India. Each district was placed under many 'thanas', each headed by a 'daroga'.
The Indian Penal Code (IPC) is a comprehensive code intended to cover all substantive aspects of criminal law.
The code was drafted 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 in India during the British rule in 1862.
However, it did not apply automatically in the Princely states, which had their own courts and legal systems until the 1940s.
C.V. Narasimhan was the First IPS Officer of India.He was the topper of the first IPS batch in 1948. He won the President's Revolver Prize at the National Police Academy for being the “best cadet.” In 1948, he topped the first national competitive examination in the IPS category.