SSC
INDIAN HISTORY
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Question
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Why did Traditional Indian industries decline under British rule?
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The British forced Indians to grow cash crops instead
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The British outlawed the harvest of grains
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Britain established many factories
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Britain was not interested in goods like tea
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -They used to grow crops like rice and wheat for their own consumption. But afterwards, in order to feed British industries with cheap raw materials, the Indian farmers were forced to grow commercial crops (like indigo required by British industries to dye textiles) instead of food crops (like rice and wheat).
Detailed explanation-2: -This was due to stiff competition from the machine made textiles from Britain. The goods produced mechanically in Britain using cheap raw material from India were comparatively lower in price and of superior quality than the Indian handicraft goods. This narrowed the market for Indian handicrafts industries.
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