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از بیداد
reforms by removing the evils of corruption
and maladministration, which had harassed
the people for such a long time. They
vainly hoped that he would increase the
financial resources of the nation by
improving agriculture, working up mines, in
which the country was very rich, and
introducing useful industries. But they were
soon disillusioned. The so-called programme
of "reforms", when it was finally launched,
concerned itself mainly with the adoption of
European dress and manners without taking
into account the fact that the high standard
of living, which was aimed at, had been
achieved in Europe after decades of industrial
and commercial development. The pres-
cribed standards required money, but nothing
was done to provide the nation with the
means of obtaining it. The people, there-
fore, found it impossible to co-operate; and
when at last force was resorted to, the
situation went from bad to worse. A direct
result of these reforms, which included the
removal of purdah (veil), was increase in
corruption and bribery. An average govern-
ment employee whose monthly pay was not
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