UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 2015 · Q2(c) · 10 marks
“A powerful left-wing group developed in India in the late 1920s and 1930s, contributing to the radicalization of national movement.” Critically examine.
- Chapter
- Other strands in the National Movement
- Topic
- The Left Wing: Socialists and Communists
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