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Who was Cavour ? Explain his contributions to the unification of Italy. 

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Cavour was the Chief Minister of Sardinia-Piedmont. 

His contributions to the unification of Italy were : 

(i) He was a good administrator. He led the movement to unify the regions of Italy.

(ii) He was a tactful diplomat, he spoke French much better than he did Italian. 

(iii) Through a tactful diplomatic alliance with France engineered by Cavour, Sardinia-Piedmont succeeded in defeating the Austrian forces in 1859.



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