UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 2014 · Q4(b) · 20 marks
“Why did the British finally quit India on 15th August 1947? The Imperialist answer is that independence was simply the fulfilment of British self-appointed mission to assist the Indian people to self-government.” Examine.
- Chapter
- Politics of Separatism
- Topic
- Mountbatten and the Transfer of Power
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