UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 2015 · Q1(a) · 10 marks
‘Annexation of Punjab was part of a broad north-west frontier policy set in motion after the exit of Maharaja Ranjit Singh.” Critically Examine.
- Chapter
- British Expansion in India
- Topic
- Punjab and the Sikhs
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