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What was the economic drain theory, and who put it forward?
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What was the Ilbert Bill controversy and how did it affect Indian opinion?
Original Khojo Papers practice question — not from a past board paper.
Answer
The Ilbert Bill of 1883 proposed to allow Indian judges to try Europeans in the interior. The European community in India agitated fiercely against it and forced the government to water it down. Indians drew the lesson that organised agitation brought results, and that racial equality would not be granted without a struggle.
No citable source has been recorded for this record. Treat it as practice material, not as fact.
Explanation
The episode is often described as a direct spur to the founding of the Congress two years later.
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