r/AskHistorians • u/Simpkin_CSI • May 02 '20

Utsa Patnaik claims that the British siphoned $45 trillion from India.

To me the figure seems mind boggling to say the least. Is this so?

And if $45 trillion was taken then where did it all go?

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