Question

Series of changes affected the pattern of industrialization in India by the early twentieth century. Analyze the statement.

Answer 1

Industrialization in India

Explanation:

By the first decade of the 20th Century, a series of changes affected the pattern of industrialization in India

1. That's the time when the Swadeshi Movement became popular in India. So, people boycotted foreign goods. Industrialists pressurized the government for concessions and to increase tariff protection.
2. The export of Indian yarn to China declined from 1906. So, Indian industrialists shifted to production of cloth clothes instead of yarn.
3. Due to First World War export of goods to India declined. Hence Indian industries began to thrive in order to serve the home market.
4. Factories thrived in order to produce war supplies like jute bags, army uniforms, leather boots, tents, saddles, etc.
5. After the war, though industries in Britain met a setback, Indian industrialists substituted foreign manufacturers and captured home market.
6. Handicraft production expanded.