SSC
INDIAN HISTORY
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Question
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because they liked all the cookies indians made
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no british did not want india
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because they wanted the rich land of india
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none of above
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Detailed explanation-1: -1. The country may have been richer. According to Dadabhai Naoroji’s book, “Poverty And Un-British Rule In India”, the amount of wealth drained by the British from Indian resources amounted to 4 million pounds every year.
Detailed explanation-2: -India’s cotton was of exceptional quality and its value increased from 40 million rupees to 60 million rupees in 20 years. Thus, the British considered India to be its “Jewel in the Crown” because of its location, resources and population, out of which they could earn huge amounts of revenue.
Detailed explanation-3: -Ans: The British wanted to control India’s economy because it was the largest in the world at the time, and they hoped to use India as a source of raw materials and a market for British manufactured goods.