alleryStart learning →Who introduced the first Income-tax Act in British India in February 1860?
ALord Curzon
BLord Dalhousie
CLord Canning
DJames Wilson
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. James Wilson
James Wilson, British India's first finance minister, introduced the 1860 Act to fill the treasury after the Mutiny of 1857.
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