UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 2016 · Q2(a) · 20 marks
How far is it correct to say that if Clive was the founder of the British Empire in India, Warren Hastings was its administrative organiser? 20 marks
- Chapter
- Early Structure of the British Raj
- Topic
- Warren Hastings, Bentinck and Administration
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