UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 2009 · Q5(b) · 20 marks
'In all the long annals of Imperialism , the partition of Africa is a remarkable freak.'
- Chapter
- Imperialism and Colonialism
- Topic
- The Partition of Africa
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