UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 2016 · Q1(c) · 10 marks
Do you agree with the view that the growth of vernacular literature in the 19th and the 20th centuries paved the way for social reform and cultural revival in India?
- Chapter
- Social and Cultural Developments
- Topic
- The Press and Vernacular Literature
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