Question

How did the East India Company procure regular supplies of cotton and silk textiles from Indian weavers?

NCERT Class X
Social Studies - India and the Contemporary World II Chapter _ The Age of Industrialisation

Answer 1

The British as East India Company deliberately crippled Indian art and craft. Heavy duties on silk and cotton (70% and 80% respectively) were forced upon them, that resulted in ceasing of Indian cotton and silk by the middle of the nineteenth century.

Answer 2

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