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What was the two-fold motive behind the systematic deindustrialisation affected by the British in pre-independent India?
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Solution

The two-fold motive behind de-industrialisation by the British was:

1. Obtaining raw materials from India at rock bottom prices and reducing the status of India as a supplier of raw materials for feeding its industries back in Britain.

2. Selling the finished goods in India and thereby making India a market for selling items produced by British industries.

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