Describe the social changes brought in the new colonial cities.
Social changes brought in the new colonial cities were:
(i) Within the cities new social groups were formed and the old identities of people were no longer important. All classes of people were migrating to the big cities. There was an increasing demand for clerks, teachers, lawyers, engineers and accountants. As a result the middle classes increased.
(ii) Another new class within the cities was the labouring poor or the working class. Paupers from rural areas flocked to the cities in the hope of employment. Some saw cities as places of opportunity, others were attracted by the allure of a different way of life, by the de sire to see things they had never seen before.
(iii) Over time there was a gradual separation of the place of work from the place of residence travelling from home to office or the factory was a completely new kind of experience.
(iv) There was a dramatic contrast between extreme wealth and poverty. New transport facilities such as horse-drawn carriages and subsequently, trucks and buses meant that people could live at a distance from the city centre.
Explain briefly the difference between town and countryside in precolonial period.
Describe briefly the changes that came about in the Indian towns during the 18th century.
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Explain the changes that came in eighteenth century in towns established by Mughals.
Describe briefly the changes that came in towns from the mid-18th century onwards.
How did the colonial cities reflect the mercantile culture of the British rulers? Explain.
