UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 1991 · Q1(b) · 20 marks
‘The role of the East India Company proved disastrous to the handicraft industry in India for a number of reasons.’
- Chapter
- Economic Impact of British Colonial Rule
- Topic
- Deindustrialisation and the Decline of Handicrafts
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