The correct answer is Option 2. Explanation & Key Takeaways: • Aarey Milk Colony • The Aarey Milk Colony was envisioned by Dara N Khurody. • He shared Ramon Magsaysay Award for his work in 1963 with Verghese Kurien. • He proposed land in Aarey for the dairy development board. • In 1949, the Indian government handed over 1,300 hectares of a forest called Aarey to Bombay’s dairy development board. • Therefore, Aarey forest or Aarey Milk Colony came up in 1949. • Hence, statement 1 is incorrect. • Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru inaugurated the Aarey colony in 1951. Hence, statement 2 is correct. • It came upon the land given to the department of dairy development. Hence, statement 4 is correct. • Under the direction of Dara Khurody, the milk commissioner of Bombay at the time, Aarey was soon transformed into Aarey Milk Colony. • In 1977, the Maharashtra government carved up more than 200 acres of forested Aarey land for Film City. • Therefore, Film City was carved out of the Aarey forest in 1977. Hence, statement 3 is correct. • It is now an endangered home for Adivasi villagers and the “last green lung of Mumbai” for environment-conscious citizens.