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‘Curzon was an unconscious catalyst who did not understand, let alone desire, what the new century was about to bring forth, but who helped it to be born.’ Comment

  • UPSC 1989
  • Early Indian Nationalism

Lord Curzon's viceroyalty (1899–1905) is the paradox at the heart of early twentieth-century Indian politics — an imperialist of unshakeable conviction whose own measures midwifed the very mass, assertive nationalism he despised.

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  • Curzon's Own Imperial Vision
  • Measures That Catalysed the New Politics

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