UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 1987 · Q1(c) · 20 marks
‘The Ilbert Bill was the most extreme but by no means isolated expression of white racism.’
- Chapter
- Factors leading to the birth of Indian Nationalism
- Topic
- The Ilbert Bill and the Vernacular Press Act
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