UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 2015 · Q4(b) · 20 marks
“Jawaharlal Nehru, though a declared socialist, was pragmatist enough to focus on providing building blocks to the making of a new India” Examine.
- Chapter
- Economic Development and Political Change
- Topic
- Planning and the Development Strategy
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