Question

Elaborate cotton textile in 5 points

Answer 1

Dear student,
●Cotton textiles or cotton textile industry is the oldest industry in India.
● It uses cotton as the raw material for production of cloth.
● Cotton cloth was earlier made using hand looms and spinning wheels but later power looms produced cotton textiles.
● The quality of cotton produced in India is very fine and it had an international market
● Cotton is exported to Persia, Central Asia and this has been made possible through a major port in Surat
● With the support of certain communities and financial support of certain industrialists, like J. N Tata, G. D. Birla, the first cotton mill was set up in Bombay in 1854 and after 6 years, many cotton mills were started providing employment to large number of labourers

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