Question

What Resulted in Decline of Old ports of Hoogly and Surat?

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Answer 1

By the 1750s the network, controlled by Indian merchants, was breaking down. ... (ii)This resulted in a decline of the old ports of Surat through which local merchants had operated. ... The international market for fine textiles was dominated by India till the eighteenth century.

the port of surat declined by the end of 18 

Answer 2

In the late nineteenth centuary the british deurbanised many cities which means they leave old ports and make cities like Delhi as their main cities and this was also resulted in the decline of old cities like Surat and Hoogly.
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