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Question
Name the two books that Dadabhai Naoroji authored explaining the ‘Drain of India’s Wealth’.
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Solution
“Poverty and un-british rule in India” - by Dadabhai Naroji “Economic History in India” by R.C. Dutt saying
same concept.
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