UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 2012 · Q3(a) · 30 marks
“The railways, instead of serving as the catalyst of an industrial revolution as in Western Europe and the USA, acted in India as ‘the catalyst of complete colonization’.” Examine.
- Chapter
- Economic Impact of British Colonial Rule
- Topic
- Railways
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