The colonial policies of the East India Company destroyed the traditional economic fabric of the Indian society.

Britisher introduced New and a highly unpopular revenue settlement

Impoverished by heavy taxation.

Money-lenders and traders emerged as the new landlords, while the scourge of landless peasantry and rural indebtedness has continued to plague Indian society to this day.

The older system of zamindari was forced to disintegrate.

The annexation of Indian states by the britisher misery to the artisans and handicrafts people.

British policy discouraged Indian handicrafts and promoted British goods.

The highly skilled Indian craftsmen and Indian handicrafts were not accompanied by the development of modern industries.

The Indian trade and mercantile class was deliberately crippled by the British who imposed high tariff duties on Indian-made goods.

Import of British goods into India attracted low tariffs, thus encouraging their entry into India.

Britain simply killed Indian manufacture.

Zamindars, the traditional landed aristocracy, often saw their land rights forfeited.

The ruin of Indian industry increased the pressure on agriculture and land, which could not support all the people.