Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd., Bhopal was established with the support of a company of which country?

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Correct — D, Britain. BHEL's Bhopal unit — India's first heavy electrical equipment plant, originally called Heavy Electricals (India) Limited — was set up in 1956 in technical collaboration with the British firm Associated Electrical Industries (AEI, UK). The plant was dedicated to the nation in November 1960, and became BHEL's founding unit when Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited was formed in 1964.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) West Germany's collaboration in that era is associated with the Rourkela Steel Plant, not BHEL Bhopal, whose 1956 technical partner was British (AEI, UK).  (b) No French company was involved in BHEL Bhopal's founding 1956 technical collaboration.  (c) Soviet (Russian) collaboration in that era is associated with the Bhilai Steel Plant, not BHEL Bhopal, whose founding partner was Britain's AEI.

Concept: BHEL Bhopal (originally Heavy Electricals (India) Limited) was India's pioneering heavy electrical equipment factory, set up in 1956 under technical collaboration with the British firm Associated Electrical Industries (AEI). It became BHEL's founding unit when Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited was formed in 1964 by merging India's heavy-electrical public sector units.

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