Discuss with example the types of urban center up by the british
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The types of urban centers are.
PLANNED CITIES:one of them being New Delhi came up at this time, lattar was centre of Administration
PORT CITIES: like Calcutta, Bombay and Madras became important as they played an important role in trading raw materials, as the materials was sent to England from the ports.similarly, manufactured goods from England landed at this ports which were there were re-distributed throughout the India.
HILL STATIONS :The British quest for cool retreats from the heat and dust of the plains led to the setting of the hill stations thus,Shimla, Ooty and Darjeeling became popular.Shimla in fact the summer capital of British from 1864 till 1939 for a part of the Year all work of government was done from Shimla
CANTONMENT TOWNS: The British also setup many cantonment towns Lansdowne in Uttarakhand is a good example. Thes cantonment centres were built on European plan with broad Street and vast Open Spaces Residential structures and office buildings were kept separate.