6 IndiaOnly a Developmental State Can Provide Roti, Kapada, and Makaan (Bread, Clothes, and Shelter) for the Nation
6.1 Introduction
In this chapter we will study the colonial legacy of India and what kind of central state it inherited at the time of its independence, what was the level of its land inequality in the whole country and what were its regional differences. We will analyze the various land-tenure systems that the British initiated in India, which have had long-term structural consequences for the regional inequalities remaining between India’s states decades after independence since August 15th 1947. For example, in its northeastern states – which had great land inequality due to the dominance of the ...
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