Done by: Rachel Patel
To what extent have the 20th century political
reforms in India improved its economic
development through international trade?
"The 20th century political reforms in India governed by over 500 local state governments, and participation in international trade helped develop the economy significantly improving living conditions, more trading of surpluses making the country self-sufficient, topping the import and export charts, and maintaining positive relations with foreign relations."
The political state of the urban, poor country India between the times of the two world wars, the community and nationalism took a massive turn in India’s history leading to emergence mass movements as well as widespread of political action. The recent progress of India of growing its economy is based from the political reforms undertaken after the 1991 fiscal crisis, which with in decades under socialist rule, offered opportunities to improve the living conditions of the immensely poor country. The economic development in India was rather slow but a continuing progress during the 20th century, as conditions prior (18th and 19th century) was a terrible time period in Indian history (150 years of terrible instability). The political condition during the 20th century in India was highly unstable which lead India to start its quest for industrial development after its independence. After the British Colonial rule, it left a “residual distrust of foreigners and economic ambitions”.