Question

The city known as ‘Manchester of India’ or ‘cottonopolis’ is:
(A) Delhi
(B) Kolkata
(C) Bhopal
(D) Ahmadabad

Answer 1

Hint: Manchester means household linen or cotton goods (such as towels, sheets). Manchester is the industrially developed area in the UK, and majorly developed in cotton industries. Ahmedabad is known as Manchester of India. Because of solidarity with the most famous cotton textile center of Manchester, Great Britain.

Complete step by step solution
In $1780$ , the British entered into the Marathwada area. Conflicts were taking place between Maratha chiefs and the British. after Anglo- Maratha war. British took over Ahmedabad. They observed making this state a port and minimize the freight traffic from Bombay. After the third Anglo- Maratha war, British again won Ahmedabad in $1818$ . Ahmedabad became the perfect place for the textile industry due to black soil availability, sunshine all over the year.
Ahmedabad is a city located near river Sabarmati. This area produces cotton in huge amounts. The shahpur mill in Ahmedabad was the first textile mill in $1861$ . Many businessmen followed these footsteps which guided to around $33$ mills up and running by the end of the twentieth century. Ahmedabad was supplying textiles to many parts of the country. That’s why Ahmedabad is known as ‘Manchester of India’. By the two leading industrialists of the country that is Ambala sarabhai and kasturbhai lalbhai.

Thus the option (D) is correct

Note: Textile industry is responsible for taking raw materials and spinning it into yarn, it is used to produce fabric. Coimbatore is known as Manchester of south India. Cotton was used for the first time during Indus valley civilization. In Ahmedabad, there are $66$ textile mills.