UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 2017 · Q8(a) · 20 marks
Examine the circumstances which led to the overthrow of democracy and the establishment of Fascist dictatorship in Italy.
- Chapter
- World Wars
- Topic
- Rise of Fascism
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