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Question
Answer the following question in one or two words/sentences:
How did the British economic policies in India transform India into an agricultural colony?
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Solution
British economic policies forced India to focus on producing cash crops for export rather than food crops, destroyed traditional industries, and made India dependent on imported British goods, reducing it to an agricultural colony.
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