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When did Karnataka acquire its present name?

A. 1st January 1951

B. 15th June 1971

C. 21st August 1991

D. 1st November 1973

Answer: Option D

Solution (By Examveda Team)

The State Reorganization Act renamed the Mysore State as Karnataka on 1st November 1973. Few important point regard Mysore:
• Mysore was governed by a British commissioner from 1831 to 1881, when administration was once again restored to the Wadiyars.
• The last of the Wadiyars became governor of the state after territorial reorganizations in 1953 and 1956.
• The state was renamed Karnataka in 1973.

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