WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE
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Cottonseed Oil
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Lumber
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Phosphates
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Textiles
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Detailed explanation-1: -However, the modern textile industry took birth in India in the early nineteenth century when the first textile mill in the country was established at fort gloster near Calcutta in 1818. The cotton textile industry, however, made its real beginning in Bombay, in 1850s.
Detailed explanation-2: -The states like Maharashtra, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and West Bengal have very high degree of concentration of this industry and especially in the three cities of Bombay, Ahmedabad and Coimbatore. It is the leading producer of cotton textile in India.
Detailed explanation-3: -The 19th century textile industry was aided by the coming of the factory system and the Industrial Revolution. It led to innovations like the spinning jenny, synthetic aniline dyes, the powered loom, roller printing, the Jacquard Method, and patterned machine lace.
Detailed explanation-4: -The first cotton mill in India was established in 1818 at Fort Gloster near Kolkata but was a commercial failure. The second cotton mill in India was established by KGN Daber in 1854 and was named Bombay Spinning and Weaving Company.