UPSC History Optional · Paper I · 2024 · Q7(b) · 15 marks
How did the Maratha guerrilla Warfare tactics contribute to their military successes against larger and more established armies? 15 Marks
- Chapter
- The Eighteenth Century
- Topic
- Maratha Expansion, the Peshwas and the Confederacy
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