UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 1981 · Q3 · 60 marks
Give a brief account of the industrial and agricultural policy of the Government of India between 1858 and 1914. How far is it correct to say that it was more in the interest of British capital than the Indian people?
- Chapter
- Economic Impact of British Colonial Rule
- Topic
- Stages and Nature of the Colonial Economy
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