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The theory of economic drain of India during British period was propounded by
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- M.K. Gandhi
- Jawaharlal Nehru
- Dadabhai Naoroji
- R.C. Dutta
Correct Option: C
Dadabhai Naroji propounded the drain theory. The drain , he declared, was the basis causes of India's poverty and a fundamental evil of British rule in India. Thus, he argued in 1880 that it is not pitiless operations of economic laws but it is the thoughtless hand, pitiless actions of the British policy.