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Question
Picture Study
- Identify the person in the picture and state what he is popularly known as.
- His achievement in strengthening Indian nationalism.
- His views on the cause of poverty in India.
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Solution
- The person in the picture is Dadabhai Naoroji, popularly known as the "Grand Old Man of India."
- His achievement in strengthening Indian nationalism was the development of the Drain Theory, which highlighted how British economic policies were draining India's wealth and resources.
- He believed that the main cause of poverty in India was the economic exploitation by the British, as India's wealth was being transferred to Britain, leaving country impoverished.
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