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Whose ‘open letters’ on the Indian economy to Lord Curzon forced the British Indian government to publish an official rebuttal and also initiate reformatory economic measures?

Whose ‘open letters’ on the Indian economy to Lord Curzon forced the British Indian government to publish an official rebuttal and also initiate reformatory economic measures? Correct Answer R.C. Dutt

  • Romesh Chunder (1848-1909) civil servant, politician, political and economic thinker and writer. Better known as RC Dutt, he was born on 13 August 1848 in the well-known Dutt family of Ramnagar, Calcutta.
  • His parents were Isan Chunder Dutt and Thakamani. In December 1864 Dutt passed the Entrance Examination Two years later he passed the First Arts Examination from the Presidency College.
  • In 1868 he sailed for London along with Surendra Nath Banerjee and Behari Lal Gupta. The next year he passed the ICS examination.
  • Dutt started his administrative career in 1871 when he was appointed Assistant Magistrate, Alipore. Later he served as Relief Officer in Meherpur (Nadia) and then in Dakhin Shahbazpur (Bakerganj), as District Magistrate in Bankura, Balasore, Bakerganj, Pabna, Mymensingh, Burdwan, Dinajpur and Midnapore, and as Divisional Commissioner of Orissa. Divisional Commissionership was the highest position ever reached by an Indian till that time.
  • He retired in 1897 at the age of 49. In the normal course he had nine more years to serve.
  • His ‘open letters’ on the Indian economy to Lord Curzon forced the British Indian government to publish an official rebuttal and also initiate reformatory economic measures.

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