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James Wilson, Finance Minister of India

Calcutta from the Esplanade

James Wilson, Finance Minister of India and Sir Charles Trevelyan during Britain’s political hunger games were essentially at odds with one another but both played integral parts on the colonial stage.  Laissez-faire economics determined the fate of a country and were allowed to play out even to the point of famine.  Law and order were …

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