alleryStart learning →Who introduced the first Income-tax Act in British India in February 1860?
AJames Wilson
BLord Curzon
CNicholas Kaldor
DMahavir Tyagi
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Correct answer: A. James Wilson
James Wilson, the first finance minister of British India, brought in the 1860 Act to relieve the treasury after the 1857 mutiny.
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