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Indian Economy on The Eve of Independence
Indicate the volume and direction of trade at the time of independence.
Before independence, India had extensive trade relations with other countries of Asia and Europe. India's exports were cotton textiles, raw silk and silk fabrics, indigo, rice, wheat, sugar, paper and spices, precious stones, lac, mica, opium and drugs. Imports consisted of pearls, wool, dates, dry fruits, glass, Ivory, steel, copper, lead, tin, horses, paper, perfumes etc?. The cotton textile of India enjoyed a worldwide reputation and the demand for cotton textiles was all over the world.
India exported more than it imported. It had a favourable balance of trade. Large quantities of gold and silver flowed into India. India enjoyed a very important and unique position in world trade.
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Name the economists who estimated India's per capita incom eduring the colonial period?
What is meant by infant mortality rate?
What is life expectancy?
What was the state of secondary sector of the Indian economy on the eve of independence?
What was the state of tertiary sector of the Indian economy on the eve of independence?
What was two fold motive behind systematic de-industrialisation effected by British in pre-independence India?
When did India achieve independence?
What was the purpose of the British colonial rule in India?
What type of Indian economy was at the time when Britishers came to India?
What was the main aim of the Zamindars?
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