Urbanization during the British Period

Many types of cities were built under the patronage of Britishers in the colonial period like Hill Stations, Railway Station Town, Court Town, Industrial Commercial Town, Cantonment Town, Port Town, and Administrative or Presidency Town, etc.

Important Towns of the British Period

• Cantonment Towns: Yashohar Cantonment Town, Darbhanga Cantonment Town, Kanpur Cantonment Town, Lahore Cantonment Town, etc.
• The Metropolitan Cities: Calcutta, Madras and Bombay were leading administrative, commercial and industrial cities.
• Hill Stations: They built up the alternative capital in a cool area due to hot seasons, like Darjeeling was the alternative of Calcutta, Deradun was the alternative of ....