Question

Describe any three major problems faced by the Indian cotton weavers in the nineteenth century.

Answer 1

Hint:
> It is a process of textile Industry in which two separate sets of quilts or threads are mixed at right angles to form a fabric or cloth.
> Knitting, crocheting, felting, and braiding or plaiting are other techniques.

Complete answer:
The problems faced by the cotton weavers in India during the 19th century are as follows:
> A long decline in textile exports from India.
> India’s weaving regions narrated tales or stories of decline and desolation.
> Weavers were deprived of supplies in India and forced to purchase raw cotton at obscence prices. In this situation, weaving could not pay.
> India’s factories started production, flooding the machine-goods market.
> With Manchester imports, the local market shrank, becoming glutted.
> By the 1860s, there was a new challenge facing weavers. They could not get a decent supply of high quality raw cotton.

The three other major problems faced by the cotton weavers in the 19th Century are:
> The increased price of raw materials.
> Competition with the imported machines.
> Cheaper foreign cotton products and decreased rate of exports.

Note:
The imported cotton products manufactured by Machines at low prices, were so cheap that weavers could not easily compete with them. The Civil War broke out and United State’s cotton imports were cut off with Britain turning to India. The price of raw cotton shot up as raw cotton exports from India increased.