UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 1995 · Q1(b) · 20 marks
The Government of India from Canning to Curzon was regarded ‚as a white man’s burden rather than as a call to creative effort or the preparation for a new era.'
- Chapter
- Constitutional Developments in the Colonial India between 1858 and 1935
- Topic
- 1858: The Crown Takes Over
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