State Policies and Industrialisation in Delhi: 1921- 1951.

Abstract

The essay here intends to enhance the understanding regarding the character of industrialization taking place during first half of twentieth century and how it led to the emergence of new industrial towns (in my study example of Delhi). My effort is to unravel the British Government’s bias towards the European capitalists and the restrictions it applied to thwart the growth of indigenous industries by adopting the policy of ‘Free-trade’. It was the limited but significant opportunities provided by new developments such as ‘Britain’s wartime needs’ and ‘the protective measures adopted for indigenous industries to secure these needs’ along with the effects of ‘Great Depression’ and also the political uncertainty caused by national movement that allowed the capitalist class of these newly emerging industrial towns, to grab a chance to grow.