UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 1982 · Q4 · 60 marks
Tribal revolts were a reaction to an alien, unfeeling administration. Elucidate with reference to the British tribal policy in Eastern India in the nineteenth century.
- Chapter
- Indian Response to British Rule
- Topic
- Tribal Uprisings
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