UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 2017 · Q2(a) · 20 marks
Explain the factors responsible for the recurrent of famines in the nineteenth century. What remedial measures were adopted by the British Indian Government?
- Chapter
- Economic Impact of British Colonial Rule
- Topic
- Famines and Famine Policy
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