Abstract
In the nineteenth century opium was grown for export in two principal regions: (a) Bihar and Eastern UP (in the Bengal Presidency) under British possession; and (b) Malwa (in Central India) within several princely states. This article is mainly concerned with the voluminous records generated by British attempts to curb opium export from Malwa in the interest of their own lucrative contraband trade in ‘Bengal’ opium with China. It explores what these and other records tell us of Indian participants in the trade in Malwa opium.
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