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was the result of the British colonial rule. The British Raj,
being a commercial power, created a girdle of underdeveloped
economies round the metropolis of Ingland to maintain the
prosperity of her own market economy at the cost of the under-
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developed colonies , But the present scholar, confronted with
a massive literary and historical evidences, hesitates to blame
the British Rule for the socio-economic backwardness of the
19th century Orissa.
dates 4.01# of her total population compared to the area (Map Ho.4).
are 1805 and 1900 covering the whole of the 19th century. The
end of the Maratha rule and the beginning of the Pax Britanniea
climacteric point. The study ends in 19Q0? the last year of the
19th century which witnessed the final settlement of land
present study.
K.Mo Patra, Orissa under the East India. Company. New Belli!,
1971, pp.1-2.
11, K.C. Jena, op.cit., Socio-economic condition etc.. pp.54-55
•J.K. Samal, Orissa under the British Crown. New Delhi , 1978
^ ’ pp,,362-64,:. '
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