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The 'Home Charges' referred to:
- Taxes collected from Indian peasants
- Expenses of the India Office in London charged to Indian revenues
- Salaries of British officials in India
- Cost of maintaining British troops in India
Answer: Expenses of the India Office in London charged to Indian revenues
Home Charges were expenses of the India Office in London (salaries, pensions, interest on debt) charged to Indian revenues. Nationalists like Dadabhai Naoroji criticized this as part of the 'Drain of Wealth'. [[1]]