Question

The history of opium production in India was linked up with the story of british trade with China.explain

Answer 1

The British wanted to smuggle and sell opium to China. In this way they could earn huge profits. So the British forced the peasants to cultivate opium so that they could smuggle it to China. The Indian peasants led a miserable life as they could hardly fetch any profit for opium as the British were gaining all profit.