Deurbanisation Of India


 
 
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Deurbanisation Of India

THE DEURBANISATION OF INDIA: The process of people moving back from urban to rural areas is called ruralisation or deurbanisation, and is normally a reflection of decline of the economy.

'Why was there deurbanisation in colonial India’?

The Industrial Revolution resulted in a growing demand for raw materials for factories in Europe. The factories, in turn, required large markets for the finished products. The supply of raw cotton to the mills of Manchester, the textile hub of Britain, was hard hit when the Civil War broke out in North America between 1861 and 1863.

Laws were also introduced in Britain, banning the import of finished textiles from India. Cloth from Manchester flooded the international market, where goods from Bengal had once dominated. India became a source of cheap raw material for British mills, and market for its finished goods.

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Choose the cities which were deurbanized during 19th century ?

Right Option : D
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