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Question
This is the picture of an Indian nationalist.
Explain any three ways in which Dadabhai Naoroji felt that the Indian economy was being exploited by the British.
Solution
- A greater part of the salaries of British officials and employees of the Company (paid out of Indian revenues) was deposited in England as savings.
- Material resources like cotton, jute, indigo, tea, coffee, etc. were transported to England.
- Goods purchased in India with revenues drawn from the country were sent to England.
- Huge sums of money which the officials received as bribes and gifts were sent out of the country.
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