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The Cotton Textile Industry
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The cotton textile industry is one of the traditional industries of India. In ancient and
medieval times, it used to be only a cottage industry. India was famous worldwide for the
production of muslin, a very fine variety of cotton cloth, calicos, chintz and other different
varieties of fine cotton cloth. The development of this industry in India was due to several
factors. One, it is a tropical country and cotton is the most comfortable fabric for a hot and
humid climate. Second, a large quantity of cotton was grown in India.
Abundant skilled labour required for this industry was available in this country. In fact, in
some areas, the people were producing cotton textiles for generations and transferred the
skill from one generation to the other and in the process perfected their skills. Initially, the
British did not encourage the development of the indigenous cotton textile industry. They
exported raw cotton to their mills in Manchester and Liverpool and brought back the
finished products to be sold in India. This cloth was cheaper because it was produced at a
mass scale in factories in the U.K. as compared to the cottage-based industries of India.
In 1854, the first modern cotton mill was established in Mumbai. This city had several
advantages as a cotton textile manufacturing centre. It was very close to the cotton-
producing areas of Gujarat and Maharashtra. Raw cotton used to be brought to Mumbai port
to be transported to England. Therefore, cotton was available in Mumbai city itself.
Moreover, Mumbai even then was the financial centre and the capital needed to start an
industry was available there. As a large town, providing employment opportunities attracted
labour in large numbers.​

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