UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 2016 · Q2(c) · 10 marks
“India's need for a federal system was more an imperative than a political choice.” Do you agree?
- Chapter
- Consolidation as a Nation
- Topic
- Linguistic Reorganisation, Federalism and Regionalism
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