Question

How did the Indian weavers and merchants resist colonial control?

Answer 1

Hint: By the 1830s, Indian marketplaces were saturated with British cotton textiles. By the 1880s, two-thirds of all cotton clothing worn by Indians had been produced in the United Kingdom. Not only specialist weavers, but even spinners, were affected. Thousands of women in rural areas who earned a living spinning cotton thread were laid off.

Complete answer:
Weavers were frequently associated with weaving villages. Their skills were passed down through the generations. Bengal's tanti weavers, north India's julahas or momin weavers, and south India's sale and kaikollar and devangs are just a few of the weaving communities.

The growth of the cotton industry in Britain had a number of consequences for Indian textile producers. First, in the European and American markets, Indian textiles suddenly had to compete with British textiles. Second, since very high tariffs were imposed on Indian textiles imported into Britain, exporting textiles to England became increasingly difficult.

As England's cotton industry grew, Indian cotton weavers faced two problems: their export market dried up, and their local market declined as British goods saturated the market. Indian handicrafts couldn't compete with England's superior machine-made items. Weavers were forced to pay high prices for raw cotton.

1.To resist colonial control, some weavers and merchants relocated to other areas, while others rebelled against colonial rule and closed their businesses.
2.The '10-hour movement' was a significant movement in nineteenth-century Britain that wanted a reduction in factory working hours.
3. In the nineteenth century, there were four colonial powers:
- USA
- Germany
- Britain
- France

Note: In 1854, the first cotton mill in India was established as a spinning mill in Bombay. Bombay has become an important port for the transport of raw cotton from India to England and China from the early eighteenth century. It was near to the large black soil cotton-growing region of western India. When the cotton textile factories were established, they had easy access to raw materials.