Describe any three major challanges faced by indian cotton weavers in the nineteenth crntury
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The non availability of superior cotton seeds (colonizers)
The competition from handloom sectors (labourers)
high tax subjected by the British(tax collectors)
lack of modern means of cultivation (colonizers)(British)
less demand for export
non grading of cotton as in developed countries
irrigation problems(colonizers)
Answer:
The problem faced by Indian cotton weavers continued. They were as follows:
i. Their export market collapsed due to increase in import duties on them in England .
ii. Their local market shrank as they were flooded with cheap Manchester imports .
iii. They could not get sufficient supply of raw cotton of goods quality. When the American civil war broke out and cotton supplies from the U.S. were cut off, Britain turned to India. Indian weavers were forced to buy cotton at a very high price.
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