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Arihant current affairs magazine
Buy and subscribe here arihant current affairs magazine published this article page no 22 abundant skilled labour required for this industry was available in this country. in fact in some areas the people were producing cotton textiles for generations and transferred the skill from one generation to the other and in the process perfected their skills. initially the british did not encourage the development of the indigenous cotton textile industry. they exported raw cotton to their mills in manchester and liverpool and brought back the finished products to be sold in india. this cloth was cheaper because it was produced at mass scale in factories in u.k. as compared to the cottage based industries of india. in 1854 the first modern cotton mill was established in Mumbai arihant current affairs magazine monthly latest addition.