Question

what were the Indian economy before industrial revolution

Answer 1

The impact of Industrial revolution on India was disastrousus. Mills and factories were tremandously flourished in England and other European countries, particularly the texttile industries. India was always rich in cotton sheeds and other raw materials needed for their factories. They destroyed the cottage industries here, looted India's rich cotton sheeds and made india the market of the British texttile product. Lakhs of weavers were killed. The Industrial revolution flourished the economy of England and other European countries while it resulted famines in Bengal and other parts of colonial India. In 1776 the worst ever famine claims lives of one third population of Bengal during the brutal rule of Clive and Warren Hastings.