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The technical reason is fairly simple. When you declare an event:
C#
public class Foo
{
    public event EventHandler Test;
}
the compiler actually generates two members:
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public class Foo
{
    [CompilerGenerated]
    [DebuggerBrowsable(DebuggerBrowsableState.Never)]
    private EventHandler Test;
    
    public event EventHandler Test
    {
        [CompilerGenerated]
        add
        {
            EventHandler eventHandler = this.Test;
            EventHandler eventHandler2;
            do
            {
                eventHandler2 = eventHandler;
                EventHandler value2 = (EventHandler)Delegate.Combine(eventHandler2, value);
                eventHandler = Interlocked.CompareExchange(ref this.Test, value2, eventHandler2);
            }
            while ((object)eventHandler != eventHandler2);
        }
        [CompilerGenerated]
        remove
        {
            EventHandler eventHandler = this.Test;
            EventHandler eventHandler2;
            do
            {
                eventHandler2 = eventHandler;
                EventHandler value2 = (EventHandler)Delegate.Remove(eventHandler2, value);
                eventHandler = Interlocked.CompareExchange(ref this.Test, value2, eventHandler2);
            }
            while ((object)eventHandler != eventHandler2);
        }
    }
}
Inside the same type, you will either reference the private field (for assignment, Invoke, etc.) or the event (for adding and removing handlers). The compiler will decide which.

Outside of the class, you only have access to the event. All you can do is add or remove a handler.

I believe this is to prevent other classes from raising events without the cooperation of the base class, or swapping out the entire list of handlers. But obviously you'd need to ask the original language designers to know their reasoning.

Of course, the simple workaround is to provide a protected method in the base class which raises the event on demand.
C#
protected void OnTest(EventArgs e)
{
    Test?.Invoke(this, e);
}




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