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Download or read book Finances in the Early Raj written by Arun Banerji and published by SAGE Publications Pvt. Limited. This book was released on 1995-09-13 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A banker with wide experience in Indian and international finances, Banerji offers an explanation for the hitherto baffling stagnation of the Indian economy at the end of the 19th century when most other economies were catching fire. Colonial government policies concerning government finance; state investment in public works, including railways and irrigation; and the drain of resources out of the country, he says, severely weakened both the economic and social health. Of interest to students of economic history and colonial politics as well as of Indian history. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR