UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 2016 · Q3(a) · 20 marks
Critically examine the causes responsible for the phenomenon called de-industrialisation in India during the nineteenth century.
- Chapter
- Economic Impact of British Colonial Rule
- Topic
- Deindustrialisation and the Decline of Handicrafts
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