Colonial rule led to uneven development of regions in a century. In In

1.	Colonial rule led to uneven development of regions in a century. In India too under the British coastal regions like Bengal, Madras and Bombay developed faster. Why do you think such uneven, development takes place?
Answer» 1. The colonial rule aimed at taking away raw material cheaply from colonies and selling away their finished products in colonies. 2. All colonial countries conducted sea trade. 3. So they obviously connected different regions of raw material availability and markets to finished goods with these port cities. 4. So the development was mostly concentrated in the port cities only. 5. Apart from this, most of their factors lived there and their fortifications also present there only.

Colonial rule led to uneven development of regions in a century. In India too under the British coastal regions like Bengal, Madras and Bombay developed faster. Why do you think such uneven, development takes place?

Answer»

1. The colonial rule aimed at taking away raw material cheaply from colonies and selling away their finished products in colonies.

2. All colonial countries conducted sea trade.

3. So they obviously connected different regions of raw material availability and markets to finished goods with these port cities.

4. So the development was mostly concentrated in the port cities only.

5. Apart from this, most of their factors lived there and their fortifications also present there only.