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To: SampleMan

Forceful cultivation of Indigo in place of foodcrops to keep the Industrial revolution fed......

Prohibitive taxrates as well as restrictions on sales of indegnious items throughout the British colonies...

The unbelievably callous handling of the Great Bengal famine of 1943 which left over 3 million dead...


16 posted on 07/09/2005 11:57:08 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
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To: sukhoi-30mki
I would like to read a good history of the subcontinent. Until recently I had no idea of the magnitude of hostilities within India 1947-1949.

What would you suggest?
18 posted on 07/09/2005 12:02:32 PM PDT by SampleMan
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