​Which Viceroy of India took initiative in creating local government bodies in India?​

Correct option is C

The correct answer is (C) ​Lord Rippon.

• Growth of Local Self Government in India:
• The self-governing village communities existed in India from the earliest times in the form of sabhas.
• Over time, these village bodies took the shape of Panchayats (an aassembly of five persons) and these Panchayats resolved issues at the village level.
• In modern times, elected local government bodies were created after 1882.
• Lord Rippon, who was the Viceroy of India at that time, took the initiative increating these bodies.
• They were called the local boards.
• Government of India Act 1919, village panchayats were established in several provinces.
• This trend continued after the Government of India Act of 1935.
• Panchayats were looked upon as instruments of decentralization and participatory democracy.
• The subject of local government was assigned to the States when the constitution was prepared.

Incorrect options Explanation:

• Lord Hardinge was India's Viceroy from 1910 to 1916. He had joined the diplomatic service in 1880 and had served as first secretary and Ambassador to Russia in Tehran. His administrative experience, on the other hand, was nil. This young viceroy was sympathetic to the Indians and hoped to gain their favor.
• Lord Mayo was the 6th Earl of Mayo and an Irish statesman named Richard Southwell Bourke. He was appointed Viceroy of India by Queen Victoria in 1869. 
• Lord Minto, or Gilbert Elliot, was a Viceroy of India from 1905 to 1910 and was the fourth earl of Minto. Before being transferred to India by A. J. Balfour’s Tories, Lord Minto, a great-grandson of the first earl, who had been the Whig governor general of India from 1807 to 1813, held the position of governor-general of Canada from 1898 to 1904.