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Colonial Cities

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When was the first All India Census attempted? Mention two of its early aims.

Solution

The first all-India census was attempted in 1872. Thereafter, from 1881, decadel (conducted every ten year) census became a regular feature.

Aims:

1. Finding out about colonial cities, different types of the record s and datas were collected to know the urban history, population of different communities, castes, sects etc. This collection of data is an invaluable source for studying urbanisation of India.

2. Census was very helpful to get hand data to measure historical changes. The endless pages of tables on disease and death or the enumeration of people according to their age, sex, caste and occupation, provide a vast mass of figures that creates an illusion of contentness.

3. The census operation, was a means by which social data were converted into convenient states about the population. The Census commissioners devised categories for classifying different sections of the population.

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What do the terms “White” and “Black” Town signify?

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Examine how concerns of defence and health gave shape to Calcutta.

What are the different colonial architectural styles which can be seen in Bombay city?

How were urban centres transformed during the eighteenth century?

What were the new kinds of public places that emerged in the colonial city? What functions did they serve?

What were the concerns that influenced town planning in the nineteenth century?

To what extent were social relations transformed in the new cities?

On an outline map of India, trace the major rivers and hill ranges. Plot ten cities mentioned in the chapter, including Bombay. Calcutta and Madras, and prepare a brief note on why the importance of any two cities that you have marked (one colonial and one precolonial) changed in the nineteenth century.

You have been reading about big colonial cities. Choose any small town with a long history. It could be a temple town, market town, administrative centre, a pilgrimage centre or a combination of these. Find out how the town was established, when it developed, and how its history changed during modern times.

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