Arrange the following events in a chronological order, from the earliest developments to the latter:
(A) Movement of people from India to other colonized countries.
(B) Colonisation of India by the Britishers.
(C) Creation of Indian diaspora.
(D) Development of nationalist sentiments.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (B), (A), (D), (C)
(B) Colonisation of India by the Britishers. — the starting point. Colonialism was part of a system that needed new sources of capital, raw materials, energy, markets and a global network to sustain it.
(A) Movement of people from India to other colonized countries. — came with colonial rule: indentured labourers were taken away in ships from India to work in distant parts of Asia, Africa and the Americas.
(D) Development of nationalist sentiments. — grew as a response to colonial rule. Independent India’s global outlook, its solidarity with liberation struggles elsewhere, was inherited from the Indian nationalist movement.
(C) Creation of Indian diaspora. — the Indian diaspora is the body of Indians settled in other countries. After Independence many Indians travelled overseas for education and work, and migration became an ongoing process that built up these communities abroad.
Note: The NCERT book (2025-26) gives this story in this order but does not use the word ‘diaspora’ or date its creation. The keyed order takes the Indian diaspora to mean the large communities of Indians abroad that grew with the migration for education and work, and so places it last. One can argue that the communities formed by the indentured labourers in the colonies were already an early diaspora, which would put (C) before (D); the order here is marked as per the NTA answer key.
NCERT (2025-26): “Colonialism and the Global Connection … We began our story of social and economic development in modern India from the colonial period. You will recall from Chapter 1 that modern capitalism had a global dimension from its very inception. Colonialism was part of the system that required new sources of capital, raw materials, energy, markets and a global network that sustained it. Often globalisation today identifies large-scale movement of people or migration as a defining feature. You know, however, that perhaps the greatest movement of people was the migration of European people who settled down in the Americas and Australia. You will remember how indentured labourers were taken away in ships from India to work in distant parts of Asia, Africa and Americas. And the slave trade that carted thousands of Africans away to distant shores.” “Independent India and the World … Independent India retained a global outlook. In many senses this was inherited from the Indian nationalist movement. Commitment to liberation struggles throughout the world, solidarity with people from different parts of the world was very much part of this vision. Many Indians travelled overseas for education and work. Migration was an ongoing process.…” |