Question

Name the most important cotton textile centre in England during industrialisation in Europe

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Explanation:

In the late 17th and early 18th centuries, Mughal India accounted for 95% of British imports from Asia. During the second half of the 17th century, the newly established factories of the East India Company (EIC) in South Asia started to produce finished cotton goods in quantity for the UK market.

In Britain, the cotton industry was based in the Midlands, particularly Nottingham but also further north in Manchester, nicknamed 'Cottonopolis'. In the late 1700's the concentration of production and manufacturing took place in Lancashire, with mills popping up in Oldham and Bolton.