| Abstract: | The history of the British colonial power is the history of exploitation, oppression and endless drain of wealth to Britain from the Indian subcontinent. At the same time there had some contributions which the Indians indirectly benefitted from British thinking, innovation and measures. Modern thinking in different spheres of public life and government set up actually started in India after British came to India. During the reign of the British, the country faced a number of catastrophic events in the form of famines, floods, plagues which severely affected common people particularly public health and economic sector came to a serious challenge. To counter such challenges, the British government, had to take some policy actions and institutional measures although such actions and measures were not adopted keeping in mind Indian people rather British officials, armies and their family members were their main concerns. Against this backdrop, this paper seeks to study the role of the colonial power in institutional arrangements for disaster management in India. |
