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The first jute mill in India was started in ________.

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Bombay
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Bengal
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Madras
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Ahmedabad
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Solution

The correct option is B Bengal

The first jute mill was established at Rishra, on the River Hooghly near Calcutta in 1855 when Mr. George Acland brought jute spinning machinery from Dundee. Four years later, the first power driven weaving factory was set up.


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