Day: August 5, 2024

Q. “If abdication of British responsibility at the time of transfer of power was callous, the speed with which it was done made it worse.” Critically examine. [UPSC- 2023] Ans: The abdication of British responsibility at the time of the transfer of power in 1947, coupled with the speed of their withdrawal, was marked by […]

Q. The economy of India was not stagnant in the eighteenth century. Discuss. [UPSC- 2023] Ans: The 18th century was long described by historians such as Jadunath Sarkar and colonial writers as a “dark age” of anarchy and economic decline after the Mughal Empire weakened. Since the 1980s, historians such as C.A. Bayly, Muzaffar Alam, […]