The first cotton mill was set up at Fort master in Kolkata in ________.

1919

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1926

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1818

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1854

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Solution

The correct option is C 1818
The first Indian cotton cloth mill was established in 1818 at Fort Gloster near Kolkata, but this mill was a failure. The second mill which was established in 1854 in Mumbai is called the true foundation of modern cotton industry in India.

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