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How have the modern towns developed in India? Explain.

Answer:

The modern towns developed in India as under:

(i) The British and other Europeans have first developed some coastal locations and trading points in India such as Surat, Daman, Goa, Pondicherry, etc.

(ii) The British later consolidated their hold around three principal nodes - Mumbai, Chennai & Kolkata and built them in British style.

(iii) They developed cantonment areas/towns such as New Delhi and Bangalore.

(iv) They developed hill stations as summer capital like Shimla.

(v) They developed administrative and industrial towns such as Chandigarh, Bhilai etc.

(vi) After independence large number of towns has been developed as administrative headquarters such as Chandigarh, Bhubaneshwer, Gandhinagar.

(vii) Industrial town such as Durgapur, Bhilai, Barauni are developed to establish big industrial units.