UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 2024 · Q3(b) · 20 marks
Regionalism in India after 1947 was occasioned by developmental imperatives as much as linguistic particularism. – Elucidate. 20 Marks
- Chapter
- Consolidation as a Nation
- Topic
- Linguistic Reorganisation, Federalism and Regionalism
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