In which year was the first Indian Institute of Technology established, at the Hijli Detention Camp site in Kharagpur, West Bengal?

• A 1947
• B 1956
• C 1961
• D 1951 ✓

The first IIT was founded at Kharagpur in 1951, inaugurated at the former Hijli Detention Camp, with the IIT Act passed by Parliament in 1956.