INDIAN HISTORY

HISTORY

MODERN INDIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who said that the exploitative nature of British rule was ‘Bleeding India White’?
A
Tilak
B
Dadabhai Naoroji
C
Hume
D
Annie Besant
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Dadabhai’s studies/ work was generally focused on the draining of wealth from India during the rule of the British in his book Poverty and Un-British Rule in India. So, the correct answer is Option d. Poverty and Un-British Rule in India.

Detailed explanation-2: -In this book, Dadabhai Naoroji highlighted that British economic policies extracted wealth from India to finance Britain’s industries. This theory is popularly known as the ‘Drain of Wealth’. He argued that British rule had thus been despotic and destructive to Indians.

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