COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
COLONIALISM AND ITS ANALYSIS
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Commercial Advantage
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Political Aspect
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Defence Aspect
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Benefit of Indians
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Detailed explanation-1: -The goals of the plan to introduce railways were to lower transport costs and to give English merchants easier access to raw cotton from India. Also, the railway would simultaneously open the Indian market to British manufactured products such as cotton textiles.
Detailed explanation-2: -Introduction of the railway have profited British India in many ways like: It helped them in economic development of India by benefiting government with a return of 5% of its investment. It reshaped the status of both domestic and foreign trades in India by quick transportation of raw and agricultural goods.
Detailed explanation-3: -The construction of the railways was planned in such a way that it connected the internal markets with the ports, but provided no interconnection between internal market cities.