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| International Standard Book Number |
9789389801507 |
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| Overseas acquisition number |
PL480:I-E-10356 |
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| Language |
English |
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| Classification number |
336.340 |
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RAI |
| 100 0# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Rai, Lajpat. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
England's debt to India : |
| Remainder of title |
a historical narrative of Britain's fiscal policy in India / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Introd. by B. M. Bhatia. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New Delhi : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Wave Books, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2023. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xlviii, 242 p. |
| Other physical details |
port. |
| Dimensions |
25 cm. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
"This book is a kind of companion volume to my other book, 'Young India'." |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Title |
India Once War Rich. 3<br/>Thornton’s “Description of Ancient India.” 4<br/>India Reform Pamphlet. 6<br/>The Observations of Mr. Torrcns, M. P., comparing India<br/>with Europe. 9<br/>India Under the Mohammedans. 11<br/>Raid of Tamerlane. 11<br/>From 1206 to 1526 A.D. 12<br/>Elphinstane on the General State of the Country. 13<br/>Carsar Frederic and Ibn Batuta. 13<br/>Abdurisag. 14<br/>Baber. 14<br/>Sher Shah. 14<br/>Akbar. 15<br/>Pietro del Valle. 16<br/>Shah Jehan. 16<br/>Aurangzeb and His Successors. 17<br/>The Raid by Nadir Shah. 17<br/>Pre-British Period. 18<br/>Principal Political Divisions of the Country. 18<br/>Tonjore and Arcot. 19<br/>Mysore. 24<br/>Northern India. 27<br/>Bengal. 27<br/>The Kingdom of Oude. 30<br/>5. INDIA AND BRITISH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION<br/>46<br/>Before Plassy 46<br/>Effects of Plassy 55<br/>The Second Administration of Lord Clive 63<br/>After Clive 68<br/>6. “TRIBUTE” OR “ DRAIN” 74<br/>General Observations 74<br/>Drain: the Case Against England 75<br/>Drain: the Case for England. 85<br/>Drain: Weighing the Evidence. 90<br/>The Extent of the Drain 98<br/>7. HOW INDIA HAS HELPED ENGLAND MAKE<br/>HER EMPIRE 112<br/>India and “The Empire” 112<br/>Lord Lansdowne on the Indian Army. 117<br/>Lord Roberts on India as Training Ground for British<br/>Army. 118<br/>Sir Henry Brackenberry on Indian Army Expenditure.<br/>118<br/>Sir Edwin Collen on the Apportionment of Expense. 119<br/>Lord Northbrook on Wars Outside India. 120<br/>The First Treaty with Persia 123<br/>Other Nations of Asia 125<br/>Isle of France 126<br/>The Muluccas 126<br/>Ceylon 126<br/>Eastern Archipelago; Strait: of Malacca and Singapore.<br/>127<br/>Siam and Cochin-China. 127<br/>Burmah. 128<br/>Malacca. 128<br/>The China Consular Representatives. 128<br/>Aden. 129<br/>The Zanzibar and Mauritius Cable. 129<br/>The Red Sea Telegraph. 129<br/>8. THE COTTON INDUSTRY OF INDIA 132<br/>Early Mention. 132<br/>Excellence of Indian Cotton Fabric. 134<br/>Extent of Cotton Industry in Olden times 135<br/>Decline of the Indian Industry 140<br/>Besides the Drawback of the Excise Duty 142<br/>Silk Goods 149<br/>Testimony of Montgomery Martin 152<br/>Cotton Goods 152<br/>Legislative Acts 156<br/>Cotton duties — 1917 developments 175<br/>9. SHIPBUILDING AND SHIPPING 179<br/>Conditions in Foarmor Times 179<br/>The Decline of the Industry 185<br/>Ships built at Indian Ports 189<br/>Ships Built at Indian Ports - Continued 190<br/>10. MISCELLANEOUS INDUSTRIAL,<br/>AGRICULTURAL, AND MINING OPERATION 191<br/>Indigo. 191<br/>Jute 192<br/>Woollen Mills 193<br/>Paper Mills 193<br/>Breweries 194<br/>Rice Mills and Saw Mills 194<br/>Iron 194<br/>Copper 196<br/>Manganese 196<br/>Coal 197<br/>Other Minerals 197<br/>Tea and Coffee 198<br/>11. AGRICULTURE 200<br/>India’s Greatest Industry 200<br/>Land Tax 210<br/>Bengal 216<br/>Northern India 239<br/>Bombay 249<br/>Village Communities 250<br/>Changes Under the British Rule 253<br/>The Punjab 260<br/>Central Provinces 264<br/>The Present Policy as to the Land Tax 266<br/>12. ECONOMIC CONDITION OF THE PEOPLE 271<br/>The Poverty of the Masses 271<br/>Testimony of English Public Man 275<br/>Average Income of the People 277<br/>13. FAMINES AND THEIR CAUSES 291<br/>Famine: in the Past 291<br/>Mr. Digby’s Table 293<br/>Digby’s “Prosperous British India.” 294<br/>Famines in the Twentieth Century 296<br/>Famines During the British Period 297<br/>Causes of Famines 299<br/>Shortage of Rainfall 300<br/>Are the Famine: of India Due to Over-Population ! 301<br/>Are Famines Due to Scarcity of Food! 305<br/>Is the Distress Due to the Extravagance of the Ryat on<br/>Occasions of Marriages and Funerals! 305<br/>The True Cause 307<br/>FAMINE RELIEF 308<br/>Building of Railways 310<br/>Building of Canals and Irrigation Works 311<br/>Pressure on Land 312<br/>The Opening of Agricultural Banks 313<br/>Special Agrarian Legislation. 313<br/>14. RAILWAYS AND IRRIGATION 316<br/>The Government Policy 316<br/>The Beginning of Railway Policy 319<br/>Benefits of Capital Investment 333<br/>Irrigation 334<br/>15. EDUCATION AND LITERACY 336<br/>Early Conditions 336<br/>Law 339<br/>Medicine 339<br/>Engineering 339<br/>Agriculture 340<br/>Technical and Industrial Education 341<br/>Commercial Schools 343<br/>Art Schools 343<br/>Education of Europeans 343<br/>Education of Girls 344<br/>16. CERTAIN FALLACIES ABOUT THE “PROSPERITY<br/>OF INDIA” EXAMINED 346<br/>17. TAXES AND EXPENDITURE 353<br/>Abstract of Revenue and Expenditure 353<br/>Ingenious Way of Calculating the Burden of Taxation.<br/>356<br/>The Growth of Amy Expenditure 357<br/>The Growth of Expenditure on Education 358<br/>18. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION 360<br/>19. APPENDIX A 384<br/>20. APPENDIX B 385<br/>21. APPENDIX C 387<br/>How the Villager: Live in the Madras Presidency — An<br/>Article from the Tribune of Lahore of January 19, 1917.<br/>387<br/>22. APPENDIX D 390<br/>WAGES IN INDIA 390<br/>23. APPENDIX E 400<br/>THE COST OF ADMINISTRATION IN INDIA, JAPAN<br/>AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 400<br/>PROPORTION OF INDIANS IN HIGHER SERVICES<br/>— LATEST FIGURES 407<br/>24. APPENDIX F 407<br/>Gold Value of Rupee 407 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
Excerpt from England's Debt to India: A Historical Narrative of Britain's Fiscal Policy in India<br/><br/>In the ordinary course of nature, the man whom the shoe pinches is the best person to know about it but in politics the laws of nature are reversed. In judg ing of governments and rulers, it is they whose word is to be accepted and not that of the governed and the ruled. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Finance, Public |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Fiscal policy |
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Dewey Decimal Classification |
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General Books |
| 100 0# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Titles and other words associated with a name |
Lala, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1865-1928. |
| 350 ## - PRICE (NR) (BK AM CF MU VM SE) [OBSOLETE] |
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| Price |
6.50 |
| 490 0# - SERIES STATEMENT |
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| Series statement |
Classics of Indian history and economics |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Bibliographical footnotes. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Geographic subdivision |
India |
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History. |
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India |
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History. |
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India |
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Economic conditions. |
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