UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 2001 · Q1(a) · 20 marks
‘Dalhousie changed the map of India with speed and thoroughness no campaign could equal.’
- Chapter
- British Expansion in India
- Topic
- Dalhousie and the Policy towards Indian States
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