Question

Social science th what led to the declineof textile exports from india in the nineteenth century

Answer 1

Britain imposed import duties on cotton textiles, thus export market got declined.
(ii) Exports of British goods to India increased. The Manchester goods flooded Indian markets.
(iii) The machine-made goods were cheaper and weavers could not compete with them.
(iv) Raw cotton exports from India to Britain shot up the prices of cotton.
(v) By 1850, exports from most weaving regions got declined and desolated.