UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 1994 · Q2 · 60 marks
How did the British establish their control over Maharashtra in the first two decades of the 19th century? Why did the Maratha challenge ultimately collapse?
- Chapter
- British Expansion in India
- Topic
- Fall of the Marathas
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