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प्रश्न
Identify any town or city with which you are familiar. Find out both the history of its growth and its contemporary status.
उत्तर
Suppose we take the city Mumbai (Bombay) for the comparison process.
History of Bombay
- Earlier Bombay was a group of seven islands and was under the control of Portuguese.
- In 1661 the East India Company shifted its base from Surat to The Western Court of Bombay, immediately after gaining control from Portuguese due to the marriage of Portuguese princess with Britain's King Charles II.
- In beginning, Bombay was a major outlet for cotton textile from Gujarat but in 19th century it became a major port from where the raw materials like cotton and opium were exported to Britain.
- By the end of 19th century it became a major industrial centre.
- In 1819 Bombay became the capital of Bombay Presidency and with the growth of trade in cotton and opium it attracted a large number of traders and bankers.
- In 1921 there were 85 cotton mills in Bombay, which employed almost 1,46,000 workers among which only one fourth were the local inhabitants and remaining were from outside majorly from Ratnagiri.
- By the mid of 20th century Bombay dominated the maritime trade of India as well as it was junction head of two major Railways.
The present status of Bombay now called Mumbai is –
- It is the biggest and most crowded city of India and it is the Commercial and Financial Capital of India. Now-a-days it is also known as the Fashion Capital of India.
- It is associated with Film Industry and is also called Mayapuri, which means "the city of wealth"
- In present days also it attracts people from all over India because of its lifestyle, the film industry and the growing industrialisation in Mumbai.
- Mumbai attracts people from all the regions of India and so its land area is expanding almost every year
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Industrialisation and urbanisation are linked processes. Discuss.
The emergence of machine production based on the inanimate power resources like steam and electricity is known as ______.
A model of the South Asian colonial city
The European town…had spacious bungalows, elegant apartment houses, planned streets, trees on both sides of the street,…clubs for afternoon and evening get togethers…The open space was reserved for…Western recreational facilities, such as race and golf courses, soccer and cricket. When domestic water supply, electric connections, and sewage links were available or technically possible, the European town residents utilised them fully, whereas their use was quite restricted to the native town.
Read the source and answer the following question.
Did the model of the South Asian colonial city cater to the needs of the natives? Give a reason for your answer.
Which rulers were benefitted by taking away the tribute or economic surplus from the people of subjugated area?
MSA Rao explained how many types of impact on villages by urbanisation in India?
The emergence of machine production based on the inanimate power resources like steam and electricity is known as ______.
Which among the following cities experienced high rate of urbanisation in post-independence period?
Identify the option that does not fall among the different situations of urban impact explained by M.S.A Rao?
Which among the following are home based industries?
MSA Rao explained how many types of impact on villages by Urbanisation in India?
While a few villages are totally absorbed in the process of expansion, only the land of many others, excluding the inhabited area, is used for urban development.
The growth of ______ cities accounts for the third type of urban impact on the surrounding villages.
Read the source and answer the question:
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Urban luxury manufacturers like the high-quality silks and cotton of Dacca or Murshidabad must have been hit first by the almost simultaneous collapse of indigenous court demand and the external market on which these had largely depended. Village crafts in the interior and particularly, in regions other than eastern India where British penetration was earliest and deepest, probably survived much longer, coming to be seriously affected only with the spread of railways. (Sarkar : 1983 : 29) |
When the British took over states and towns of India, some of them lost their courts, artisans, and court gentry. Give any one reason.
| "For Indian nationalists, the issue of economic exploitation under colonial rule was a central issue." |
How did Indian nationalists promote industrialization in the early years of independence?
Which of the following is true for a model of South Asian colonial city?
Assertion (A): Urbanization in the colonial period saw the prosperity of indigenous industries.
Reason (R): There was emergence of new colonial Cities.
How were labourers recruited and appointed by the colonial administrators in the tea gardens?
How did the planters in the tea plantation live?
Assertion (A): Urbanisation in the colonial period saw the formation of new urban centres.
Reason (R): These urban centres were designed to functions as trading posts alone.
Using an example, show how the treatment of Indian plantation labour was different from the way Colonial administration treated their own labour back home.
