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Fort Gloster is located in


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West Bengal

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California

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Gujara

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Solution

The correct option is A

West Bengal


Answer: The correct answer is option (A) – West Bengal.

  • The first textile mill in India was established in Fort Gloster in 1818.
  • This textile mill had to be shut down after some time.
  • In 1854,the first successful mechanized textile mill was established in Mumbai.
  • Skilled labour, availability of raw material, a port for importing machinery, moist and warm climate helped in the rapid expansion of the cotton textile industry in the region.
  • Due to favourable humid climate cotton industry started flourishing in the states of Gujarat and Maharashtra.
  • Currently, cotton textile industry has spread to other parts of the country as the humidity can be created artificially and availability of pure raw cotton.
  • Some of the important centres of the cotton textile industry are located in Panipat, Puducherry, Ludhiana, Kolkata, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Kanpur, Coimbatore.
  • In Ahmedabad, the first mill was established in 1859. After Mumbai it went on to become the second largest textile city of India. It was often referred to as ‘Manchester of India.’

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