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Economic Development of British India during the Colonial Period

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DOI: 10.23977/history.2024.060107 | Downloads: 7 | Views: 159

Author(s)

Xuyang Yuan 1,2

Affiliation(s)

1 Department of History and Pakistan Studies, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
2 Institute of Ethnology, Northeastern University at Qinhuangdao, Qinhuangdao, Hebei, China

Corresponding Author

Xuyang Yuan

ABSTRACT

Since 1757, Britain has gone through 92 years of warfare and established a colony in 1849. It also established its own colony in the Indian subcontinent, leaving a deep impression on India's politics, economy, culture, and even social life. During this process, it triggered the rebellion of India and sparked their ethnic group consciousness. At first, both Indian and Muslim intellectuals advocated for "India" and "anti-British", but unfortunately, there are fundamental differences in religious traditions and cultural backgrounds between Hinduism and Islam. Both are very mature religions, and one cannot completely assimilate the other. In order to study the impact of colonialism on India, this article explored the economic development of British India during the colonial period. After reviewing a large amount of literature, it was found that India produced more products in 1922 than China. At that time, India was probably more developed in terms of industrialization than China, with more factories and production facilities. India was still under British colonial rule in 1922, and the British colonial government may have promoted Indian production through resource allocation and policy support.

KEYWORDS

Economic Development Research, Colonial Period, British India, Autocratic Rules

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Xuyang Yuan, Economic Development of British India during the Colonial Period. Lecture Notes on History (2024) Vol. 6: 46-52. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/history.2024.060107.

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