UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 1985 · Q4 · 60 marks
Show how British rule led to the spread of land-lordism in certain parts of India, and how the, peasant was progressively impoverished under this rule.
- Chapter
- Economic Impact of British Colonial Rule
- Topic
- The Village, Landlordism and the Peasantry
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