Question

The Bombay spinning mill was started by ______________.
A) Godrej
B) Dara Patel
C) Davar
D) None of these

Answer 1

Hint: The person who first built a cotton mill in Mumbai's Tardeo in 1853 was a Parsi businessman in British-occupied India. India exported cotton to Britain and imported textiles during the first half of the 19th century.

Complete answer:
Bombay spinning mill: Cowasjee Nanabhoy Davar (1815-73) and his associates founded the Bombay Spinning and Weaving Company as the first cotton mill in Bombay, India, on 7 July 1854 at Tardeo.
Sir William Fairbaim designed the company. On 7 February 1856, under the supervision of British engineers and professional cotton operatives, this mill began production.

Option A. Godrej: Godrej Group, headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, is an Indian conglomerate corporation controlled and largely owned by the Godrej family. The Godrej Party, founded in 1897, has its origins in the Independence and Swadeshi Movement of India. Thus, this is not the correct answer.

Option B. Dara Patel: Dara Patel is the general secretary of The Indian Drug Manufacturers’ Association (Idma).He is also trustee of Bombay parsi panchayat. So, this is not the correct answer.

Option C. Davar: Davar was a Parsi businessman. Indian entrepreneurs provided the impetus to develop a cotton industry. Cowasji Nanabhai Davar opened the first Indian cotton mill, 'The Bombay Spinning Mill', in 1854 in Bombay.Hence, this is the correct option.

Option D. None of these : We already know option c. Davar is the correct answer, so this option could not be the correct answer.

The Bombay spinning mill was started by Cowasji Nanabhai Davar. Hence, Option D. Davar is the correct answer.

Note:
-The first Indian cotton mill was built at Fort Gloster near Kolkata in 1818, but it was a commercial failure.
- In 1854, KGN Daber founded the second cotton mill in India and called it the Bombay Spinning and Weaving Company. And it grew as an important port from India to England and China for the export of raw cotton. There was a large demand for this cotton crop, and farmers began investing in it.