Which place is called the ‘Cottonopolis of India’? Why is it called so
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Mumbai
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Maharashtra has about 122 cotton textile mills in its organised sector and it thus is the largest cotton producing state of India. Mumbai, which is the state capital has about 59 out of these 122 mills. It is also known as cottonopolis of India or Manchester of India.
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Manchester was called cottonopolis because it was the home of textile mills in England. Mumbai due to its high humidity was ideal for setting up cotton textile mills and at one time there were 130 textile mills in Bombay.
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