UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 1985 · Q2 · 60 marks
What changes did the British attitude undergo towards the Princely states after 1858? Was the Government of India Act of 1858 intended to introduce direct relations between the Princes and the Crown?
- Chapter
- Constitutional Developments in the Colonial India between 1858 and 1935
- Topic
- Princely States and Paramountcy
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