Question

Discuss specifically how Britain exploited India to benefit economically when it was a British colony.

Answer 1

Britain exploited India to benefit economically when it was a British colony as it made the people of its colony grow cash crops such as Indigo which was harmful to the fertility of the fields; for selling them for money. The colonial exploitation of artisans through the agents of East India Company for delivering cotton and silk fabrics at a price much below the market price. Under this situation, artisans had to work in the inhuman condition such as bonded labor.