The Raj as welfare

[Thomas Malten]

> 
> Can anyone tell me who it was, and where, that called the British Indian 
> empire  "a vast system of outdoor relief for the landed classes?"  
> Also, is this the precise wording?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Allen W. Thrasher

quoted in the first chapter of "Freedom at Midnight". Attributed to James
Mill (History of British India).
-Thomas Malten
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