UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 2023 · Q3(c) · 10 marks
To accomplish the aims of education, ‘political propaganda and formation as well as propagation of nationalist ideology’, the press became the chief instrument. Comment. [10 M]
- Chapter
- Factors leading to the birth of Indian Nationalism
- Topic
- Rise of Indian Nationalism: Causes and Character
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