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Which one of the following was the earlier name of Tokyo?<\/p>\n

[amp_mcq option1=”Osaka” option2=”Kyoto” option3=”Samurai” option4=”Edo” correct=”option4″]<\/p>\n

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The earlier name of Tokyo was Edo.<\/section>\n
Edo was a small fishing village that grew into a major city under the Tokugawa shogunate (1603-1867), serving as the seat of the shogunal government. In 1868, with the Meiji Restoration, the Emperor moved from Kyoto to Edo, and the city was renamed Tokyo (\u6771\u4eac), meaning “Eastern Capital”.<\/section>\n
Kyoto (formerly Heian-ky\u014d) had been the imperial capital of Japan for over a thousand years before the capital was moved to Tokyo.<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Which one of the following was the earlier name of Tokyo? [amp_mcq option1=”Osaka” option2=”Kyoto” option3=”Samurai” option4=”Edo” correct=”option4″] This question was previously asked in UPSC CDS-2 – 2016 Download PDFAttempt Online The earlier name of Tokyo was Edo. Edo was a small fishing village that grew into a major city under the Tokugawa shogunate (1603-1867), serving … <\/p>\n

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