This is such a fun visualization, I’m going to try and do a history of India 1500-2019 using screenshots from it.https://twitter.com/randal_olson/status/1108031293143556097?s=20 …
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1739: Oh noes! No Indian city in the top 10. The Mughal empire is in sharp decline after Bad Emperor Aurangzeb. It’s a few decades before Plassey. European powers are still getting chess pieces on the board.pic.twitter.com/j5tCYgIrSN
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1852 -1872: Before and after the 1856 revolt... the mercantile base created by the Portuguese is still the biggest city, but the Company has given way to the Crown. Calcutta rises.pic.twitter.com/NY9Vhj12Iy
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1920-1940: After nearly a century of post-Company British Raj, even Calcutta drops off the leaderboard. But makes a brief appearance again on the eve of WW2.pic.twitter.com/oU1mRFVQSK
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And finally after independence and half a century of stagnation under Nehruvian socialism, something of a return. 1998-2015, just before internet to today. Commie Calcutta is out, IT/politics power Delhi finally pulls ahead if mercantile power Bombay.pic.twitter.com/awzvNXT78q
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