How Britain drained $45 trillion from India and built its empire


When Dadabhoy Naoroji wrote his seminal book, ‘Poverty and Un-British Rule in India’ in 1867, he was unaware to what extent British rule had drained India of its wealth and its precise impact on Indian poverty. He knew though that the drain of wealth from India to Britain had impoverished India and enriched Britain.
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