Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c56.s8.8

v4.c56.s8.8

This pacification, effected before the outbreak of the war with Sindhiā, tempted merchants from Hathrās and other places in Sindhiā's portion of the Doāb to remove with their families to the new province; a general cotton-market was established at Etāwā. The city of Allahabad, from being a mere pilgrim resort, rapidly grew into a flourishing commercial capital, where 600 new warehouses were built, and served as the chief emporium in upper India for piece-goods, sugar, opium, and raw cotton. The revenue of the Ceded Districts—which had fallen from 2½ crores in Mughal times to 135 lakhs under the Nawābi, increased by 40 lakhs after the first year of British rule, and this amount was willingly paid.*