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Correct Answer: Option (B) — 2 and 3
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Standard Reference Verified- Statement 1 is incorrect: Lord Cornwallis (1786–1793) established a regular police force organized into thanas headed by Darogas on the modern pattern, not Warren Hastings.
- Statement 2 is correct: The Regulating Act of 1773 provided for the establishment of a Supreme Court at Fort William, Calcutta, which was established in 1774 with Sir Elijah Impey as the Chief Justice.
- Statement 3 is correct: The Indian Penal Code was drafted by the First Law Commission headed by Lord Macaulay in 1834, enacted in 1860, and came into operation on January 1, 1862.
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