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Explain any three reasons for which the population of London City expanded over the nineteenth century.                                                                                                                                 [Delhi 2008]

Answer:

Between 1810 and 1880 the population of London multiplied fourfold.

London became a powerful magnet for migration of population even though it did not have large factories.

It became a city of clerks and shopkeepers of small traders and skilled artisans, of a growing number of semi-skilled and sweated out workers, soldiers and servants, casual labourers, street sellers and beggars.

There was a dockyard where many people earned livelihood. People came to the city looking for jobs.

Five major types of industries that employed large number of people were clothing and footwear, wood and furniture, metals and engineering, printing and stationary and precision products such as surgical instruments, watches, objects of precious metals.