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Which among the following city of India used first electricty commercially ?
Answer: Option D
Answer: (d)
November 10, 1897, was an epoch-making day in the power sector in India. A century back, on this day, the first hydel power station in India, and reportedly in Asia too, was commissioned at Sidrapong near Darjeeling town, the first power utility runs on a commercial basis for use of the general public, heralding the electrical energy era in the Indian sub-continent, and ushering in a revolutionary change in the socio-cultural and economic life of Indian society.
Quite appropriately, the Government. of India declared Sidrapong Hydel Power Station as a ‘HERITAGE POWER STATION’ of India on the eve of its centenary.
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Answer: (d)
November 10, 1897, was an epoch-making day in the power sector in India. A century back, on this day, the first hydel power station in India, and reportedly in Asia too, was commissioned at Sidrapong near Darjeeling town, the first power utility runs on a commercial basis for use of the general public, heralding the electrical energy era in the Indian sub-continent, and ushering in a revolutionary change in the socio-cultural and economic life of Indian society.
Quite appropriately, the Government. of India declared Sidrapong Hydel Power Station as a ‘HERITAGE POWER STATION’ of India on the eve of its centenary.
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