UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 1996 · Q1(b) · 20 marks
The British policy towards Indian States in 1818-1858 was one of isolation and non-interference tempered by annexation.'
- Chapter
- British Expansion in India
- Topic
- Dalhousie and the Policy towards Indian States
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