UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 2025 · Q1(b) · 10 marks
“The seeds of domestic dissensions were thickly and deeply sown in the Maratha system under the Peshwas.”
- Chapter
- British Expansion in India
- Topic
- Fall of the Marathas
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