To move troops during the rebellion, the Company built railway systems. This railroad network became an integral component in the following 1860s “improvement” movement. This movement focused on bringing changes to the material basis of the Indian economy, like plantations, mills, and factories. The Crown rewarded the Indian loyalists who from the beginning supported British rule by giving factories to them an issuing them to control the local industries in their regions. This gave birth to wealthy families like the Tatas and Tagores. An important plantation that was introduced in India and Sri Lanka in this time was the tea plantation. This Age of Industrialization in India also was partly due to the British losing cotton production from America during the 1860s since there was the American Civil War. New textile mills were constructed in industrial centers like Bombay to compensate the Crown’s lack of revenues. This shows that since the shift of power from company to the crown, the financial standing of the British government became directly tied with India’s economy as well. In addition, the increase in industrialization after the rebellion shifted the center of activity from Calcutta to
To move troops during the rebellion, the Company built railway systems. This railroad network became an integral component in the following 1860s “improvement” movement. This movement focused on bringing changes to the material basis of the Indian economy, like plantations, mills, and factories. The Crown rewarded the Indian loyalists who from the beginning supported British rule by giving factories to them an issuing them to control the local industries in their regions. This gave birth to wealthy families like the Tatas and Tagores. An important plantation that was introduced in India and Sri Lanka in this time was the tea plantation. This Age of Industrialization in India also was partly due to the British losing cotton production from America during the 1860s since there was the American Civil War. New textile mills were constructed in industrial centers like Bombay to compensate the Crown’s lack of revenues. This shows that since the shift of power from company to the crown, the financial standing of the British government became directly tied with India’s economy as well. In addition, the increase in industrialization after the rebellion shifted the center of activity from Calcutta to