
Aug 17, 2026
✦ThePrint
India’s next tryst is the road to Viksit Bharat 2047
Economic historian Angus Maddison estimated India accounted for 32 per cent of world GDP in 1 AD. India was a major centre of production and trade for centuries. However, colonial rule changed everything, and India’s share of the world economy fell to just 4.2 per cent by the year 1950.