UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 2013 · Q1(d) · 10 marks
“Many of us who worked for the Congress programme lived in a kind of intoxication during the year 1921. We were full of excitement and optimism.... We had a sense of freedom and a pride in that freedom.” Critically examine
- Chapter
- Rise of Gandhi
- Topic
- Rowlatt Satyagraha, Khilafat and Non-Cooperation
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