what was the impact of the industrial revolution of Britain on india ?
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Indian textiles were in great in demand in England. This was a matter of concern for British cloth manufacturers. They began to put pressure on their government to ban the import of Indian textiles. The Industrial revolution revolutionized the textile industry in Britain. Cloth began to be made on machines. This made it cheaper than cloth made by hand. Indian textiles also lost out to British textiles on the issue of price in the European and American markets.
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The end result was famine and poverty. Therefore, industrial revolution turned India into a source of raw materials for British industries as well as a market for its finished products. The Indian economy also dwindled because its industrialization process was slowed down. Poverty and starvation also became common.