UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 2015 · Q3(c) · 10 marks
“The Royal Indian Navy Revolt was seen as an event which marked the end of the British rule almost as finally as Independence Day.” Explain.
- Chapter
- Rise of Gandhi
- Topic
- Revolutionaries and the RIN Mutiny
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