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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