Correct Option: D

Lord Ripon is known as the ‘Father of Local Self Government’ in India. In his famous resolution on local self-government on May 18, 1882, Ripon recognised the twin considerations of local government:
(i) administrative efficiency and
(ii) political education. He moved the famous resolution,known as the Magna Carta of local self-government in India, to devolve financial and administrative powers to the institutions of local self-government.