INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -During the early modern period, India was the world’s main producer of cotton textiles, with a substantial export trade. Indian textiles were exported to Britain on a large scale from the seventeenth century (Baines, 1835: 55-83; Robson, 1957: 1).

Detailed explanation-2: -Cotton goods accounted for 38% of all British exports. A sixth of the population relied on cotton for its income. 80% of the raw cotton for that trade came from the slave states of the southern USA.

Detailed explanation-3: -It was first imported to Britain in the sixteenth century, composed of a mixture of linen or yarn. By 1750, cotton cloths were being produced and the imports of raw cotton from areas such as the West Indies continued to grow.

Detailed explanation-4: -Cotton was first imported to England in the 16th century. Initially it was mixed either with linen or worsted yarn. By 1750 some pure cotton cloths were being produced in Britain. Imports of raw cotton from the West Indies and the American Colonies gradually increased and by 1790 it had reached 31, 447, 605 lbs.