UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 2008 · Q1(a) · 20 marks
‘Sprung from paternalism, the English Utilitarian philosophy as introduced in India rejected its human warmth between rulers and the ruled.'
- Chapter
- Early Structure of the British Raj
- Topic
- Utilitarianism, Reform and the Ideology of the Raj
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