Question

Explain about indian textiles during industrialisation

Answer 1

The industrial revolution began with the birth of textile manufacturing inEngland. Since India was under the imperial control of Britain, Indianfarmers (as well as farmers all across the British empire) were forced to grow cotton to fuel the English factories.

Answer 2

The East India Company had consolidated its business by the mid-eighteenth century. The earlier centres of trade; like Surat and Hooghly; declined during this period. The new centres; like Calcutta and Bombay emerged.

Once the East India Company established political power, it began to assert its monopoly right to trade.

The Company tried to eliminate the existing traders and brokers who were connected with the cloth trade. It tried to establish a more direct control on the weavers. A paid servant; called gomastha was appointed to supervise weavers, collect supplies, and examine the quality of cloth.