UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 2006 · Q1(a) · 20 marks
‘Neither Alexander the Great nor Napoleon could have won the empire of India by starting from Pondicherry as a base and contending with a power which held Bengal and command of the Sea'. Critically examine
- Chapter
- European Penetration into India
- Topic
- Failure of the French in India
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