UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 2013 · Q3(a) · 25 marks
“At the dawn of the twentieth century Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, was full of hostility towards the Indian National Congress and he confidentially reported to the Secretary of State in November 1900: My own belief is that the Congress is tottering to its fall, and one of my greatest ambitions while in India is to' assist it to a peaceful demise.” Examine.
- Chapter
- Factors leading to the birth of Indian Nationalism
- Topic
- Curzon and the Partition of Bengal
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