Disputing the sudden and devastating crash of the US stock market pric

Disputing the sudden and devastating crash of the US stock market prices on the Black Tuesday, October 29, 1929 as the primary cause of The Great Depression of the twentieth century, it has been claimed as the manifestation of a deeper malaise that plagued not only the US but also many other countries in the world

(A) it has been claimed as the manifestation of a deeper malaise that plagued not only the US but also many other countries in the world
We need the doer here, case of dangling modifier
(B) it has been claimed as the manifestation of a deeper malaise that plagued not only the US but many other countries also in the world
We need the doer here, case of dangling modifier
(C) Some noted historians of the day clamed it as the manifestation of a deeper malaise that plagued not only the US but also many other countries in the world
Correct
(D Some noted historians of the day had claimed it as the manifestation of a deeper malaise that plagued not the US only but also many other countries in the world
use of perfect tense is not required.
(E) Some noted historians of the day claiming it as the manifestation of a deeper malaise plaguing not only the US but also including many other countries in the world
claiming it is wrong

Take Away:

Always remember that if a sentence starts with "-ed or -ing", noun should be present after the comma.