Surat and Machlipatnam developed in the nineteenth century.

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When local rulers were defeated by the British and new centres of administration emerged. Cities such as Machilipatnam, Surat and Seringapatam were de-urbanised during the nineteenth century. By the early twentieth century, only 11 percent of Indians were living in cities.

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