The Government of India constituted a University Education Commission in November 1948 under the chairmanship of _______.

ADr. Lakshmanaswamy

BMaulana Abul Kalam Azad

CDr. Radhakrishnan ✓ Correct

DDr. Yash Pal

Correct answer: (C) Dr. Radhakrishnan

Explanation

The University Education Commission of November 1948 was constituted under the chairmanship of Dr. S. Radhakrishnan.

This body is therefore commonly called the Radhakrishnan Commission.

Dr. Lakshmanaswamy Mudaliar led the Secondary Education Commission, not this one.

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was the education minister of the period, but not the Commission's chairman.

Dr. Yash Pal chaired a much later committee on higher education, in 2008-09.

The Commission's report shaped the founding of the University Grants Commission.

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