- The first Panchayati Raj system was inaugurated on October 2, 1959, at Nagaur district in Rajasthan, by the then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. - Rajasthan was the first state to implement the Panchayati Raj system after the recommendations of the Balwant Rai Mehta Committee. - Andhra Pradesh was the second state to implement the system.
Panchayati Raj' was first introduced in India in October, 1959 in which one of the following States?
Asked in APSC CCE Prelims Exam 2015 · Topic: Panchayati Raj and Community Development (Evolution of Local Self-Governance: Historical Context and Major Committee Recommendations (e.g., Balwant Rai Mehta, Ashok Mehta, L.M. Singhvi))
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