Title page of The Evolution of Provincial Finance in British India: A Study in the Provincial Decentralization of Imperial Finance, with a foreword by Edwin R. A. Seligman, P. S. King & Son, London, 1925, the published version of Ambedkar's Columbia Ph.D. thesis.
Title page, first edition, 1925 · Photo: B. R. Ambedkar (P. S. King & Son) · Public domain (PD-India) · Internet Archive
Book · 1925

The Evolution of Provincial Finance in British India

His Columbia doctorate on how British India was financed.

Inside the volumeWritings and Speeches, Vol. 6Printed pages 51–312 · PDF pages 66–327
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Contents of The Evolution of Provincial Finance in British India

  1. PrefacePDF p. 68
  2. ForewordPDF p. 70
  3. IntroductionPDF p. 74
  4. Part I: Provincial Finance : Its OriginChapter I. The Imperial System Its Growth and Its BreakdownPDF p. 80
  5. Chapter II. Imperialism V. FederalismPDF p. 104
  6. Chapter III. The Compromise Imperial Finance Without Imperial ManagementPDF p. 115
  7. Part II: Provincial Finance : Its DevelopmentChapter IV. Budget by Assignments 1871-72 to 1876-77PDF p. 127
  8. Chapter V. Budget by Assigned Revenues 1877-78 to 1881-82PDF p. 146
  9. Chapter VI. Budget by Shared Revenues 1882-83 to 1920-21PDF p. 164
  10. Part III: Provincial Finance : Its MechanismChapter VII. The Limitations of Provincial FinancePDF p. 198
  11. Chapter VIII. The Nature of Provincial FinancePDF p. 211
  12. Chapter IX. The Enlargement of the Scope of Provincial FinancePDF p. 228
  13. Part IV: Provincial Finance Under the Government of India Act of 1919Chapter X. The Necessity for a ChangePDF p. 240
  14. Chapter XI. The Nature of a ChangePDF p. 260
  15. Chapter XII. A Critique of the ChangePDF p. 297