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Overview of the Colonial Economy – Chapter Mind Map
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- Colonial Economy
- Transport
- Roads and Rivers
- Lord Bentinck
- PWD Established
- Railways
- Lord Dalhousie
- Father of Railways
- Guarantee System
- 5 percent interest
- Abolished 1873
- Resumed 1888 at 3.5 percent
- Acworth Commission
- Merits
- National Unity
- Nationalism
- Demerits
- Exploitation
- High Freight for Indians
- Roads and Rivers
- Land Revenue
- Permanent Settlement 1793
- Lord Cornwallis
- Zamindars as Owners
- Sun Set Law
- 90 percent to Govt
- Bengal Bihar Orissa
- Ryotwari Settlement
- Captain Reed 1796
- Thomas Munro revised
- Direct with Ryots
- South and West India
- Deccan Riots 1875
- Mahalwari Settlement
- Village Community
- North India Punjab
- Permanent Settlement 1793
- Deindustrialisation
- Causes
- British Market Closed
- Continental Blockade
- Charter Acts 1813 and 1833
- Low Duty on British Goods
- Effects
- Dacca Muslin Destroyed
- Weavers Lost Jobs
- India Became Raw Material Supplier
- Key Authors
- Dadabhai Naoroji
- Ramesh Chandra Dutt
- Causes
- Modern Industries
- British Owned
- Jute Mills at Rishra 1855
- Tea and Coal Industries
- Indian Owned
- Parsee Cotton Mills Bombay 1850
- Gujarati Entrepreneurs
- Impact
- New Social Classes
- Urbanisation
- Slums
- British Owned
- Forest Policy
- Charter 1855 Dalhousie
- Brandis First Inspector 1856
- Forest Act 1865
- Forest Act 1878
- Reserved Forests
- Protected Forests
- Village Forests
- Land Acquisition Act 1894
- Impact on Communities
- Rights Denied
- Protests and Revolts
- Transport
Key Events in Colonial Economic Development (1755-1878)
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- 1765
- Grant of Diwani to EIC
- 1797
- High import duty on Indian calico
- 1813
- Charter Act abolishes Company monopoly
- 1824
- Duty on Indian calico rises to 67.5%
- 1846
- Lord Hardinge remarks on railways for imperial control
- 1850
- First cotton mill in Bombay by Sir Cowashji Jehangir
- 1855
- Charter of Indian Forests by Lord Dalhousie
- 1856
- Dietrich Brandis becomes Inspector General of Forests
- 1865
- First Forest Act passed
- 1878
- Comprehensive Indian Forest Act introduces Reserved and Protected Forests
- 1881
- Karl Marx comments on railways being useless to Hindus
- 1905
- Swadeshi Movement begins
Timeline of Colonial Economic Transformation (1757-1880s)
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- 1757
- Battle of Plassey
- 1765
- Grant of Diwani to Company
- 1793
- Permanent Settlement introduced
- 1813
- Charter Act abolishes Company monopoly
- 1824
- Indian calico duty rises to 67.5%
- 1850
- First cotton mill in Bombay
- 1855
- First jute mill in Rishra
- 1857
- Great Rising and rebellion
- 1865
- First Forest Act passed
- 1878
- Comprehensive Indian Forest Act
- 1894
- Land Acquisition Act
Colonial economy under British rule in India
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- Colonial economy under British rule in India
- Transport and communication
- Railway development
- Deindustrialization
- Revenue policies
- Permanent Settlement
- Ryotwari Settlement
- Poverty and famines
- Modern industries
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What are the important topics in Emergence of the Colonial Economy for ICSE Class 11 History?
Key topics in Emergence of the Colonial Economy include Transport and Railways, Deindustrialization and Economic Drain, Revenue Policy: Permanent Settlement, Ryotwari, and Mahalwari, Poverty, Famine, and Indian Responses. Study these first, then practise questions on each for Class 11 exams.
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The 4 maps show how the ideas in Emergence of the Colonial Economy connect: Overview of the Colonial Economy – Chapter Mind Map; Key Events in Colonial Economic Development (1755-1878). Each map is also written out as an outline on this page.
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