UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 1983 · Q2 · 60 marks
Review the relations of the Government of India with Indian States in the period 1858-1918 with particular reference to the cases where the doctrine of paramount was asserted by the Government.
- Chapter
- Constitutional Developments in the Colonial India between 1858 and 1935
- Topic
- Princely States and Paramountcy
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