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70 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
Resources of Hindustan
| Provinces | Area | Population | Revenues* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ajmer-Merwara Assam . . Bihar . . Bombay . . C. P. & Berar . . Coorg . . Delhi . . Madras . . Orissa . . U.P. . . Total . . | 2,711 55,014 69,348 77,271 99,957 1,593 573 142,277 32,695 206,248 | 560,292 8,622,251 32,371,434 18,000,000 15,507,723 163,327 636,246 46,000,000 8,043,681 48,408,763 | Rs. 21,00,000 4,46,04,441 6,78,21,588 34,98,03,800 4,58,83,962 11,00,000 70,00,000 25,66,71,265 87,67,269 16,85,52,881 |
| 607,657 | 178,513,919 | 96,24,05,206 |
These are gross figures. They are subject to certain additions and deductions. Revenues derived by the Central Government from Railways, Currency and Post and Telegraphs are not included in these figures, as it is not possible to ascertain how much is raised from each Province. When it is done, certain additions will have to be made to the figures under revenue. There can be no doubt that the share from these heads of revenue that will come to Hindustan, will be much larger than the share that will go to Pakistan. Just as additions will have to be made to these figures, so also deductions will have to be made from them. Most of these deductions will, of course, fall to the lot of Pakistan. As will be shown later, some portion of the Punjab will have to be excluded from the scheme of Western Pakistan. Similarly, some portion of Bengal will have to be excluded from the proposed Eastern Pakistan, although a district from Assam will have to be added to it. According to me, fifteen districts will have to be excluded from Bengal and thirteen districts shall have to be excluded from the Punjab. Sufficient data are not available to enable any one to give an exact idea of what would be the reduction in the area,
- Revenues include revenue raised both by Provincial Government in the Provinces from provincial sources and by the Central Government from Central revenues.