Question

"The bones of the Indian weaver are bleaching the plains
of India," said William Bentick in 1835. From your
understanding of history, describe the impact of
colonialism on the Indian textile industry.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

The correct answer is given below:

Explanation:

• Colonialism had a huge impact on the Indian textile industry:

1. Before the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in the 18th century colonialism had a positive impact on Indian textile industries.
2. This is because cotton and silk clothes had a high demand in the British market. This is the reason Britain merchants bought cotton and silk clothes from Indian market and sold them at high prices in Britain's market.
3. This brought revenue to the Indian weavers and cotton cultivators. This had a positive impact on the then Indian economy.
4. But after the Industrial Revolution, the British merchants used to buy raw cotton from India at low prices, prepared machine-made clothes in Britain and dumped those clothes in the Indian market at low prices. This way they could gain huge revenue.
5. On the other had the Indian weavers and textile workers are unable to compete with the cheap textiles offered by the British and there was drastic slow down in the textile industry. Many weavers and cultivators had to choose alternate profession as they incurred nothing but loss in textile business.
6. Hence, after the Industrial Revolution colonialism had a negative impact on the textile industry in India.