Indian Economy on the Eve of Independence test - 2

 A systematic and modern population census, in its present form was conducted non synchronously between 1865 and 1872 in different parts of the country. This effort culminating in 1872 has been popularly labeled as the first population census of India However, the first synchronous census in India was held in 1881.

The Tata Iron and Steel Company (TISCO) was incorporated in 1907.

Life expectancy in India was 32 years at the time of independence in 1947. 

The year 1921 is a year of the great divide in the demographic history of India when mortality started to decline leading to acceleration in the rate of population growth. 

The Suez Canal is a 101 mile (163 km) long canal ,It officially opened in November 1869. 

The focus was on exploitation of raw materials from India for the manufacturing industry of Britain.

The British government  introduced the railways in India in 1850.

First synchronous census in India was held in 1881. Since then, censuses have been undertaken uninterruptedly once every ten year.

V.K.R.V. Rao whose estimates per capita income 0.005  during the colonial period was considered very significant..

There was main land tenures in India on the eve  of Indian independence ― landlord tenure or Zamindari System.