UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 1986 · Q4 · 60 marks
Account for the rise and growth of Left-wing within the Congress. Did Jawaharlal Nehru believe in a socialistic approach to Indian and world problems and if so why?
- Chapter
- Other strands in the National Movement
- Topic
- The Left Wing: Socialists and Communists
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