How did the industrial revolution impact India economically?
Sadly India was under British rule during the Industrial Revolution, so as a result India mainly engaged in producing masses of raw materials. Such as cotton and other textiles, this then would ship back to England through the steam engine. The railways in India, built by the English, were designed to go to and from England and hardly anywhere else. England gained economically from India, which meant poor India gained almost nothing besides an improved network of railroads.
Luckily India broke from British rule after WWII, so this meant it was their time to Industrialize. India’s economy was impacted in much of a positive way. The Industrial Revolution accelerated India’s economic independence slowly. This was India’s first economic rise since its slow beginning. Thanks mostly to new inventions and machines of new technologies.
Luckily India broke from British rule after WWII, so this meant it was their time to Industrialize. India’s economy was impacted in much of a positive way. The Industrial Revolution accelerated India’s economic independence slowly. This was India’s first economic rise since its slow beginning. Thanks mostly to new inventions and machines of new technologies.