UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 2010 · Q1(a) · 20 marks
“The educated middle class in the 19th century often found the domain of reason to be oppressive, as it implied the historical necessity of 'civilizing' colonial rule“.
- Chapter
- Social and Religious Reform Movements in Bengal and Other Areas
- Topic
- Character of the Reform Movements: Reason, Revival and the West
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