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Why did the British introduce railways in India? Explain any three reasons.​

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Answered by CᴀɴᴅʏCʀᴜsʜ
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Answer:

Reasons to introduce Railways in India :

i. In India there was a variety of sources of raw materials. To carry these sources British needed some way to transport these raw materials into their country. Therefore, they developed railway line which was a source of profit for British Economy.

ii. Railway was the only source to transport large number of people during British Government. For example- Movement of British army form one place to another.

iii. It was also a fast and quick mode of transportation to sell and buy goods and products.

Answered by Anonymous
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☄Hey Mate:).........✍

⚘Question:✍

  • Why did the British introduced railways in India?Explain any three reasons.

☃️Answer:

Introduction of Railways have profited British India in many ways like this:

  • It helped them in economic development of India by benefiting government with a return of 5% of its investments.☃️

  • It became forerunner of industrial development by widening the market to the international level.☃️

  • It increased the agricultural output, exports, imports of grains and took agricultural to a commercial level.☃️

Some more key points:

  • It decreased the transportation costs on everything and made it easy for everyone to avail of goods at a reasonable prices.☃️

  • It opened up employment opportunities for rural people by providing them jobs at different levels.☃️

So, British india was definitely benefited by Railway in every sector.☃️

☃️Hope it Helps:)......

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