The Economic History of India Under Early British Rule

This is Volume V of eleven in a series on India: History, Economy and Society. Originally published in 1950, this study charts the history from the Rise of the British power in 1757 to the Accession of Queen Victoria in 1837.

Romesh Chunder Dutt LECTURER IN INDIAN HISTORY AT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON

I. GROWTH OF THE EMPIRE II. INLAND TRADE OF BENGAL, 1757-65 III. LORD CLIVE AND HIS SUCCESSORS IN BENGAL, 1765-72 IV. WARREN HASTINGS IN BENGAL, 1772-85 V. LORD CORNWALLIS AND THE ZEMINDARI SETTLEMENT IN BENGAL, 1785-93 VI. FARMING OF REVENUES IN MADRAS, 1763-85 VII. OLD AND NEW POSSESSIONS IN MADRAS, 1785-1807 VIII. VILLAGE COMMUNITIES OR INDIVIDUAL TENANTS ? A DEBATE IN MADRAS, 1807-20 IX. MUNRO AND THE RYOTWARI SETTLEMENT IN MADRAS, 1820-27 X. LORD WELLESLEY AND CONQUESTS IN NORTHERN INDIA, 1795-1815 XI. LORD HASTINGS AND THE MAHALWARI SETTLEMENT IN NORTHERN INDIA, 1815-22 XII. ECONOMIC CONDITION OF SOUTHERN INDIA, 1800 XIII. ECONOMIC CONDITION OF NORTHERN INDIA, 1808-15 XIV. DECLINE OF INDUSTRIES, 1793-1813 XV. STATE OF INDUSTRIES, 1813-35 XVI. EXTERNAL TRADE, 1813-35 XVII. INTERNAL TRADE, CANALS AND RAILROADS, 1813-35 XVIII. ADMINISTRATIVE FAILURES, 1793-1815 XIX. ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS AND LORD WILLIAM BENTINCK, 1815-35 XX. ELPHINSTONE IN BOMBAY, 1817-27 XXI. WINGATE AND THE RYOTWARI SETTLEMENT IN BOMBAY, 1827-35 XXII. BIRD AND THE NEW SETTLEMENT IN NORTHERN INDIA, 1822-35 XXIII. FINANCE AND THE ECONOMIC DRAIN, 1793-1837 XXIV. ACCESSION OF QUEEN VICTORIA-FAMINE OF 1837