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  1. Which Governor General had abolished slavery in India?
    1. Lord Cornwallis
    2. Lord Wellesley
    3. Lord William Bentinck
    4. Lord Ellenborough
Correct Option: D

Lord Ellenborough had abolished slavery in India. The Indian Slavery Act, 1843, also Act V of 1843, was an act passed in British India under East India Company rule, which outlawed many economic transactions associated with slavery.



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