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Question

Who remarked about the East India Company that "The Company is an anomaly but it is part of a system where everything is an anomaly"?

  1. Warren Hastings
  2. G. B. Macaulay
  3. Lord Clive
  4. Henry Dundas

Answer:

Option B: G. B. Macaulay

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “G. B. Macaulay”.

G. B. Macaulay remarked about the East India Company that "The Company is an anomaly but it is part of a system where everything is an anomaly."