explain the decline of Indian textile and write its import
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Three reasons for the decline of indian textile industries by the end of 19th century are as follows:
1)after th industrial revolution britain started producing machine made textiles which were often of better quality and cheaper than indian textiles
2)textiles from india had high demands in europe. So, british passed strict laws and banned the import of textiles in britain.
3) Also, India had no support from the colonial British government.
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(i) Factories in Manchester started producing cotton textiles for the domestic market.
(ii) The government put more import duties on the textile coming from India, to encourage the local industries. As a result, the Indian weavers lost their overseas market.
(iii) Eventually, the Manchester goods started flooding the Indian markets also and it became difficult for the Indian weavers to compete with the low-cost Manchester cloth.
(iv) The British Government in India also levied more taxes on the handloom units which made the Indian textiles costlier in Indian markets when compared to the Manchester textiles.
(v) The Civil War in USA forced the British to buy more raw cotton from India for their Manchester textile industries.