what does de-urbanisation mean ? Explain with reference to the late 18th century period India.
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Explanation:
Deurbanization is the physical decline of an urban population resulting from economic or social change. Deurbanization is commonly defined differently from sub-urbanization.
For the sake of convenience of trade the British developed new centers of trade like Calcutta, Madras and Bombay on eastern and Western coastal areas respectively. In late 18th century these places became as Presidency cities under the British rule.
These cities which were very important right from the ancient as well as during the Mughal period gradually lost their importance. Simultaneously many towns manufacturing specialized goods declined due to a drop in the demand for what they produced.
Old trading centers and ports could not survive when the flow of trade moved to the new centers. Trades and exports via earlier important ports like Surat, Masulipatnam etc failed dramatically.
At the same time, the earlier centers of regional power collapsed when local rulers were defeated by the British and new centers of administration emerged.
As a result of all these happenings more and more people began to shift from these places which used to be important cities in the past. This process is often described as de-urbanization.
Ans-During the late eighteenth century, the presidential towns of Calcutta. Bombay and Madras rose to prominence as they became the centers of the British power and administration. ... People from these cities began to move to new emerging towns. This is known as the process of de-urbanisation