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1947 to 2025: How a 'broke' India became world's fourth largest economy
Published on: Aug. 15, 2025, 6:52 a.m. | Source: Firstpost
From being the "Golden Bird" of global trade, India was reduced to 4% of the world’s GDP when the British left. Yet, in just 77 years, it has emerged as the world’s fourth-largest economy. How did this happen? We trace India’s extraordinary economic journey.