UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 2013 · Q2(a) · 25 marks
“Weaving”, says R. C. Dutt, “was the national industry of the people and spinning was the pursuit of millions of women.” Indian textiles went to England and other parts of Europe, to China and Japan and Burma and Arabia and Persia and parts of Africa. Elucidate.
- Chapter
- Economic Impact of British Colonial Rule
- Topic
- Deindustrialisation and the Decline of Handicrafts
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