trace the development of textile industry in india
trace the development of textile industry in india
The Age of Indian Textiles
ï‚· Before the age of machines, silk and cotton goods from India dominated the international textile market.
ï‚· Armenian and Persian merchants took goods from Punjab to Afghanistan, Eastern Persia and Central Asia.
ï‚· Surat on Gujarat coast connected India to the Gulf and the Red Sea ports.
ï‚· Masulipatam on the Coromandel Coast and Hooghly in Bengal had trade links with Southeast Asian ports.
ï‚· A variety of Indian merchants and traders were involved in this network of export trade, financing production, carrying goods and supplying exporters. They gave advances to the weavers, procured the woven cloth from weaving villages and carried the supply to the ports.
ï‚· The European companies gradually gained power and monopoly rights.
ï‚· Trade through the new ports of Calcutta and Mumbai came to be controlled by the European companies.
ï‚· 1854: First cotton mill came up in Bombay
ï‚· 1855: The first jute mill came up; and another one in 1862
ï‚· 1860s: The Elgin mill was started in Kanpur
ï‚· 1861: The first cotton mill of Ahmadabad was set up
ï‚· 1874: The first spinning and weaving mill of Madras began production
The Age of Indian Textiles
ï‚· Before the age of machines, silk and cotton goods from India dominated the international textile market.
ï‚· Armenian and Persian merchants took goods from Punjab to Afghanistan, Eastern Persia and Central Asia.
ï‚· Surat on Gujarat coast connected India to the Gulf and the Red Sea ports.
ï‚· Masulipatam on the Coromandel Coast and Hooghly in Bengal had trade links with Southeast Asian ports.
ï‚· A variety of Indian merchants and traders were involved in this network of export trade, financing production, carrying goods and supplying exporters. They gave advances to the weavers, procured the woven cloth from weaving villages and carried the supply to the ports.
ï‚· The European companies gradually gained power and monopoly rights.
ï‚· Trade through the new ports of Calcutta and Mumbai came to be controlled by the European companies.
ï‚· 1854: First cotton mill came up in Bombay
ï‚· 1855: The first jute mill came up; and another one in 1862
ï‚· 1860s: The Elgin mill was started in Kanpur
ï‚· 1861: The first cotton mill of Ahmadabad was set up
ï‚· 1874: The first spinning and weaving mill of Madras began production
