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⁵ A good starting point would be the Indian Central Cotton Committee's General Report on Eight Investigations into the Finance and Marketing of Cultivators' Cotton (Bombay, 1928).Google Scholar

⁶ A well-balanced summary of this debate is available in Charlesworth, Neil, British Rule and the Indian Economy, 1800–1914 (London, 1982), pp. 32–5.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

⁷ See, for example, Census of India, 1921, vol. XI, pt 1, pp. 18–19.Google Scholar