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GRACIAS (João Baptista Amâncio). HISTÓRIA Económico-Financeira da Índia Portuguesa (1910-1947). Lisboa. 1950. - GRACIAS (João Baptista Amâncio) HISTÓRIA Económico-Financeira da Índia Portuguesa (1910-1947) . Lisboa: Agência Geral das Colónias, 1950. 2 v.; 235 mm. A seminal work on the economic and financial administration of the State of India during the Republic, from 1910 to 1947, written by a Goan who held positions in the territory's financial administration. The first volume studies the evolution of revenues, expenditures, trade, and budgetary policy in Goa, Daman, and Diu, during a period marked by the consequences of the First World War, trade relations with British India, and the State of India's dependence on the metropolis. The second volume focuses on the Governors-General of the State of India under the republican regime, linking the actions of each to the financial context of their term. An indispensable and still widely cited source for the economic and political history of Portuguese India in the 20th century, especially in the period before the territory's integration into the Indian Union. Unusual. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate