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Do you agree with the view that the growth of vernacular literature in the 19th and the 20th centuries paved the way for social reform and cultural revival in India?

  • UPSC 2016
  • Social and Cultural Developments

The spread of vernacular literature in colonial India was less a byproduct of social change than one of its principal engines, though its reach and radicalism were both bounded by class.

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  • Vernacular Literature as the Engine of Social Reform
  • Vernacular Literature as the Vehicle of Cultural Revival
  • The Limits of the Movement
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