Railway, Famines and Economic Change Colonial Project of Economic Modernity

Post Mutiny India Secretary of State and the British Cabinet Viceroy of the crown and his Council, Governors Martial Race and New Army And Empire Suez Canal and Revolution in Communication Emergence of New Economic Sectors British Society in India Alliance with Landholders New Culture of Governance

The Revolution of Steam Engine Plans for Railways Guaranteed Profit System Great Reduction in Transport Costs Backward Froward Linkage with Economy Commercialization of Agriculture and Cash Crop Production

Growth of Railways in India miles ,000 m ,000 m ,000m Cost Reduction: In % less cost was incurred in carrying goods in comparison to average bullock pack in

Famines in India Devastating Famines in India and Changes in Demographic Pattern Colonial Foreign Trade and Famines Debates about Colonial Foreign Trade and Famines Increasing Food Security and the Decrease of Famines Debates about the Progressive Nature of the British Rule and New Politics of Economic Nationlism

Nationalist Critique of Colonial Rule De-industrialization thesis Drain of Wealth Theory Debates about Drain of Wealth and De- industrialization India’s Position in the British Imperial Economy Nationalist Bias and Imperial Denial