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Briefly write about those classes which are found in Rural India.

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1. Commercial and Industrial Class:

During British rule there was the growth of a class of merchants engaged in export -import business. Thus, there came into being a commercial middle class invested in the country. Subsequently, rich commercial middle Cass invested their savings in the form of capital in large -scale manufactured goods and modern industries. Indian society thus, included in its composition such new groups as mill owners mine owners etc. Economically and socially this class turned out to be the strongest class India.

2. Professional Classes:

During British rule .there came into being an expanding professional class Such social categories were linked up with modern industry, agriculture, commerce, finance, administration, press and other fields of social life. The professional classes comprised lawyers ,doctors , teachers , managers and others working in the mode n commercial and other enterprises, engineers, technologists agricultural scientists and so Rapid industrialization and urbanization in post-independent India has opened the way for large-scale employment opportunities in industries trade and commerce ,construction transport service etc.

3. Petty Traders, Shopkeepers and Unorganized Workers:

There has also been in existence in urban areas a class of petty traders and shopkeepers .These classes have developed with the growth of modern cities and towns .They constitute the link between the producers of goods and commodities and the mass of consumers. They make their living on the profit margin of the process on which they buy and sell their goods. “Like all other classes, this class has grown in large -scale in post-independent India. The unprecedented growth of the cities has stimulated the growth of this class. The growing urban population creates demands for various kinds of needs and services .Petty shop-keeping and trading caters to these needs of the urban population.

4. The Working Class:

This was another class which emerged during British rule in India. This was the modern working class which was the direct result of modern industries .railways and plantations. This Indian. Working class was formed predominantly out of the pauperised peasants and ruined artisans.

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