Concise History of Indian Economy

This book presents a concise economic history of India from 1600 to the mobile economy of the twenty-first century. It examines political events, social history, and economic developments across the world through the years to showcase how India has navigated its economic past, present, and future, and shaped events that for years controlled the Indian economy.

This volume covers a range of important themes, which include:

• Medieval fiscal systems, and the European surge in India
• The impact of the British Industrial Revolution on India; English interventionism and policies; the imperialistic economy and its impact
• Indian economy and nationalist movement in the nineteenth and early-twentieth century; the Great Depression and its global consequences
• Gandhiism and ‘mass nationalism’; Independence and Partition; the impact of the World Wars; the inter-war economy; the rise of the dollar, and other key global trends
• The Cold War and India
• Constitutional remedies, nation-building and industrial policies; food security, the Green Revolution, and the power politics of 1970s
• Liberalization, privatization, and globalization in the 1990s; and
• The economy of war and peace, India–China relations, and current trends in political economy

The book offers a lucid and insightful narrative of how the economy unfolded in India. It will interest readers of Indian history, economic history, and South Asian history and other general readers.

Rohit Majumdar was an author, historian, philosopher, and linguist. He was a retired professor and trained over thirty thousand students and research fellows in his lifetime, developing their critical thinking and academic writing skills. He authored Ancient Indian History and History of Europe and six other titles. Rohit received a Research Degree from the University of Cambridge, a PG Diploma from the University of Birmingham, and an MA from Calcutta University. He trained professionally in Fine Arts, Fine Art Photography and Aesthetics, and Indian Classical Vocal Studies. He was associated with the National Geographic and The Royal Photographic Society since he was a student.