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Emergence of the Colonial Economy — Syllabus

ICSE · Class 11 · History

What Emergence of the Colonial Economy covers in ICSE Class 11 History: 4 topics, for the 2026-27 session. Part of the ICSE Class 11 History syllabus.

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4 Topics · ICSE Class 11 History · 2026-27

Topics in Emergence of the Colonial Economy

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1. Transport and Railways

  • The East India Company neglected transport and communication in its early years.
  • Industrial growth in England created a need for roads, rivers, and railways for moving raw materials and goods.
  • Lord William Bentinck first turned attention to transport improvement. He ordered a trunk road between Calcutta and U.P. and improved river transport between Calcutta and Assam.
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2. Deindustrialization and Economic Drain

  • After the Industrial Revolution, England needed new markets for machine-made products.
  • Indian handicrafts and textiles lost markets because British machine-made goods were cheaper.
  • The British market was closed to Indian manufacturers.
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3. Revenue Policy: Permanent Settlement, Ryotwari, and Mahalwari

  • After the Grant of Diwani in 1765, the Company tried to extract maximum revenue from land.
  • In the pre-British period, land revenue usually varied from 1/6% to 1/3% of produce, and cultivators were not usually evicted if rent was paid regularly.
  • Warren Hastings introduced five-year settlement with the highest bidders after the Grant of Diwani.
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4. Poverty, Famine, and Indian Responses

  • British industrial policy and revenue extraction increased poverty in India.
  • Large-scale deindustrialization reduced employment for artisans and weavers.
  • The great famine of 1770 killed about one-third of the population in Bengal Presidency.

Key Concepts

Central concept: Colonial economy under British rule in India

Transport and communicationRailway developmentDeindustrializationRevenue policiesPermanent SettlementRyotwari SettlementPoverty and faminesModern industries

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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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