Deindustrialization — Landmark Events

Landmark Events

Dadabhai Naoroji's 'Poverty and Un-British Rule in India'

1901

This seminal work provided the most comprehensive and systematic exposition of the 'Drain of Wealth' theory, directly linking British colonial policies to India's economic…

R.C. Dutt's 'The Economic History of India'

1901-1904

Romesh Chunder Dutt, a former ICS officer, provided a detailed historical account of the economic impact of British rule, particularly focusing on land revenue systems, famines,…

Lord William Bentinck's Statement on Weavers

1834

As Governor-General of India, Bentinck's observation that 'the bones of the cotton-weavers are bleaching the plains of India' is a powerful, albeit grim, contemporary…