UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 1991 · Q1(c) · 20 marks
‘The tragedy of Cruzan lay in that, with such abundance of trained talent; he was denied the crowning qualities. He was never an administrator of the first rank:’
- Chapter
- Factors leading to the birth of Indian Nationalism
- Topic
- Curzon and the Partition of Bengal
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