HISTORY
THE AGE OF IMPERIALISM
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poppy
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tea
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wheat
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coal
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Detailed explanation-1: -The British East India Company established a monopoly on opium cultivation in the Indian province of Bengal, where they developed a method of growing opium poppies cheaply and abundantly.
Detailed explanation-2: -The cultivation of poppy in India for Opium production started during the British Raj. It constituted 15% of revenue of British Raj from Colonial India. The legalized cultivation and management of produce under strict government control continued in India even post independence.
Detailed explanation-3: -Afghanistan is the world’s biggest opium producer and a major source for heroin in Europe and Asia.
Detailed explanation-4: -The opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, is an annual plant. From a small seed, it grows, flowers, and bears fruit (a “pod") only once. The entire growth cycle for most varieties of this plant takes about 120 days.