UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 2020 · Q2(a) · 20 marks
It was Dupleix who had first showed the way of intervening of the Indian rulers and thereby acquiring political control over vast territories — a technique which was later perfected by the English East India Company." Elaborate. 20 Marks
- Chapter
- European Penetration into India
- Topic
- Carnatic Wars and Dupleix's Policy
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