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In British India “the impact of the government on the people meant essentially the impact of government on the village.” Comment.

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  • Economic Impact of British Colonial Rule

Colonial India was overwhelmingly rural, so any change in state policy reached the ordinary subject chiefly through its effect on the village.

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  • Land Revenue as the Primary Channel of Contact
  • Village Officialdom: From Autonomy to Subordination
  • Judicial Reach Into the Village
  • Famine and Relief Administration at the Village Level
  • Commercial and Industrial Pressures Converging on the Village
  • The Village as the Site of Social Disintegration
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