Question

What were the problems faced by the cotton weavers in india?

Answer 1

1)Their export market collapsed.

2)The local market shrunk.

3)Increase in price of raw cotton.

4)Shortage of cotton.

5)Difficulty of weavers to compete with the imported machine made cheaper cotton products.

6)Factories in India also began cheaper machine made goods to which our weavers could not compete.

Answer 2

1.Their export market collapsed.

2.Local market also shrank as it was flooded with Manchester imports.

3.Produced by machines at lower costs, the imported cotton goods were so cheap that weavers could not easily compete with them.

4.By 1860, weavers could not get sufficient supply of raw cotton of good quality.

5.When American Civil War broke out and cotton supply from the US was cut off, Britain turned towards India.