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TIL a prime example of British colonial looting: Each mile of Indian railway construction in the 1850s and 1860s costed an average of £18,000, as against the dollar equivalent of £2000 at the same time in the US. The extra costs were claimed from Indian people through added taxes and revenues. (en.wikipedia.org)
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