UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 1979 · Q2 · 60 marks
‘1858 is the Great Divide in modern Indian history, as the policy, practice and ideals of the government that followed differed fundamentally from the government of the Company which it displaced.' Discuss.
- Chapter
- Constitutional Developments in the Colonial India between 1858 and 1935
- Topic
- 1858: The Crown Takes Over
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