UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 2009 · Q2(a) · 30 marks
Why was Mysore considered a threat by the British to their possessions and mercantile interests in the south? Do You think that Tipu Sultan’s posturing became his undoing?30
- Chapter
- British Expansion in India
- Topic
- Mysore and Tipu Sultan
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