In 1700, India was the richest economy on Earth — producing a quarter of the world's GDP. By 1947, it was one of the poorest.
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Introduction | The East India Company: Empire for Profit | The Drain of Wealth | When Famine Became Policy | From Empire to Economy: The Ledger Still Runs
How did the world's richest country for 2000 years become one of the poorest in just 200 years of British rule? This is the shocking ...
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The Golden Age: India = 27% of World GDP | Sonapur Village & the Master Weaver | Robert Clive and the Arrival of the East India Company | Plassey 1757: The Betrayal that Started the Loot