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The "colonial drain" argument

The argument that British rule moved wealth out of India; it is disputed whether and how much.

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  • Dadabhai Naoroji Scholarship & press 1
  • India Scholarship & press 2

    Hickel reports Patnaik's method; Roy's criticism is quoted in the story.

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  1. Colonial rekening: what does the Netherlands owe Indonesia? (Pierre van der Eng), New Mandala, Australian National University, 1 Dec 2025. Scholarship & press
    first articulated by Indian scholar and Member of the British parliament Dadabhai Naoroji in 1901
  2. How Britain stole $45 trillion from India (opinion by Jason Hickel), Al Jazeera, 19 Dec 2018. Scholarship & press
    Drawing on nearly two centuries of detailed data on tax and trade, Patnaik calculated that Britain drained a total of nearly $45 trillion from India during the period 1765 to 1938.
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