Abstract
Colonial penetration on Bahawalpur State forced its rulers to adopt new political and economic policies suitable to British interest. Resultantly, Bahawalpur experienced a wide range of changes to its socioeconomic conditions. Indigo sector is a useful indicator of such impact of British advent as indigo was major non-grain agricultural commercial product of State and it integrated distribution and consumption patterns across the Bahawalpur region and beyond. This paper seeks to draw a link between the British political hegemony in Bahawalpur to open up new vista for European traders and its catastrophic repercussions, the slump of lucrative indigo sector of Bahawalpur.
Samia Khalid. (2017) Eclipse of Indigo Trade of Bahawalpur State during Third and Fourth Decades of Nineteenth Century, Journal of the Punjab University Historical Society, Volume 30, Issue 1.
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