Question

What were the two main problems faced by the indian weavers?

Answer 1

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(i) Collapse of local and foreign market : Due to industrialisation in Britain, their export market collapsed.

As British traders started exporting machine- made clothes to India, so their local market shrank.

(ii) Shortage of raw material : As raw cotton was being exported to England, there was a shortage of raw materials. When the American Civil War broke out and the cotton supplies from the United States were cut off. Britain turned to India.

As raw cotton exports Iron India increased, the price of raw cotton shot up Weavers in India were starved of supplies and forced to buy raw cotton at higher prices.