What was the significance of making hill stations accessible through r

1.	What was the significance of making hill stations accessible through railways?
Answer» Solution :(i) The introduction of the railways made hill stations more ACCESSIBLE to a wide range of people INCLUDING Indians. Upper and middle-class Indians such as maharajas. (ii) LAWYERS and merchants were drawn to these stations because they afforded them a close proximity to the ruling British ELITE. (iii) Hill stations were important for the colonial economy. With the setting up of tea and coffee plantations in the adjoining AREAS, an influx of immigrant labour from the plains began. (iv) This meant that hill stations no longer remained exclusive racial enclaves for Europeans in India.

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