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Indian Economy on The Eve of Independence
What was the condition of industries before the arrival of Britishers in India?
Before the arrival of Britishers in India, we had prosperous small, cottage and handicraft industries. The industries may be classified as rural and urban industries.
Rural Industries : Most of the rural industries were based on agriculture. For example, a certain amount of coarse weaving, grinding of grain, rice milling and sugarcane pressing, carpentary, blacksmithy, pottery etc. were also prominent in the village.
Urban Industries : The Indian handicraft industries were famous all over the world. Cotton textiles, muslin cloth, silk fabrics, silk embroideries, woollen fabrics and shawls were also famous. Besides textile industry, some of the prominent industries, handicrafts industries which were developed in these days were jewellery, gold and silver, thread, metal work, artware of wood, copper, brass and bronze, ivory, marble, precious stones, pearls, sandlewood work, leather work, ship-building etc:
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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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