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| What was the role of cities in colonial India? |
Cities were centres of service sectors. Cities were spaces of art and dying agriculture. Indian cities were spaces of aviation and modern warfare. Indian cities were a link between the economic core of the colonizer, that is, Britain and the peripheries of the colonized nation. |
| Indian cities were a link between the economic core of the colonizer, that is, Britain and the peripheries of the colonized nation. |
| Cities had a key role in the the economic system of empires. Coastal cities such as Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai were favoured. From here primary commodities could be easily exported and manufactured goods could be cheaply imported. Colonial cities were the prime link between the economic centre or core in Britain and periphery or margins in colonised India |
