Question

Discuss the british colonial intervention in india' s economy in the early 19th century

Answer 1

Colonialism means the integration of the economy of the colony (like India) with the economy of the metropolis (like Britain) through trade and industry. The integration is geared to serve the interests of the metropolitan economy and to that extent, it completely subordinates the economy of the colony to the economy of the metropolis.
British Colonialism intervened in India's polity and also sought to transform the existing polity. The main objectives behind the intervention of this factor were to increase the profitability of the Indian possessions and to maintain and strengthen the British hold over India.
Indian were excluded from higher grades of services and that was a deliberate policy of the British Government. The British Government introduced the Civil Service in India. The special feature of the Indian Civil Services since the days of Lord Cornwallis was the rigid and complete exclusion of Indians from it. The Indian civil services gradually developed into one of the most efficient and powerful civil services in the world.