WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -British exploitation of India’s economy and people led to the swadeshi (’own country’) movement of the 1890s. Swadeshi urged the nation to boycott foreign goods and buy Indian products. The principle of self-reliance influenced the nationalist leader Mohandas Gandhi in his call for swaraj (’self-rule’).

Detailed explanation-2: -During the British, Rule India declined the place of bringing in fabric from England. After the Industrial Revolution in Britain, modest machine-made fabric overflowed India. Indian cotton materials made with crude procedures couldn’t rival merchandise delivered on a mass scale.

Detailed explanation-3: -There are many reasons for the decline of Indian textiles in India and abroad. Import duties were imposed on Indian textile exports to reduce competition for British cotton industries. The EIC sold cheap machine-made goods in the Indian market. Also, the prices of cotton increased with the increase in cotton exports.

Detailed explanation-4: -British policies called for India to produce raw mate-rials for British manufacturing and to buy British goods. In addition, Indian competition with British goods was prohibited. For example, India’s own handloom textile industry was almost put out of business by imported British textiles.