UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 2017 · Q1(e) · 10 marks
“Sri Narayan Guru's was a major intervention in the social reform movement from a subaltern perspective.” Critically examine
- Chapter
- Social and Religious Reform Movements in Bengal and Other Areas
- Topic
- Caste and Non-Brahmin Movements
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