UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 1993 · Q1(b) · 20 marks
‘The treaty of Bassein, by is direct and indirect operations, gave the Company the Empire of India.’
- Chapter
- British Expansion in India
- Topic
- Treaty of Bassein and the Subsidiary Alliance
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