Q. Who among the following were the most vocal opponents of Ilbert Bill?
Answer: British tea and indigo plantation owners in Bengal
Notes: Sir Coutney Pergine Ilbert, the law member of Viceroy's council prepared a bill in 1883 during the viceroy ship of Lord Ripon which is popularly known as Ilbert Bill. It suggested to allow the senior Indian magistrates to preside over cases involving British personnel in India. The British tea and indigo plantations owners in Bengal tremendously opposed the bill.

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