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Who among the following highlighted the widespread poverty in India during the colonial period through the book Poverty and Un-British Rule in India?
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The correct answer is
Dadabhai Naoroji
Dadabhai Naoroji wrote Poverty and Un-British Rule in India, published in 1901, in which he developed his famous Drain of Wealth theory.
The book used statistical data to argue that British economic policies were systematically draining India's wealth and impoverishing its people.
Hence, the correct answer is Dadabhai Naoroji.
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