Question

When and where was the first modern sugar factory setup in India?

Answer 1

Hint:- This place comes in the list of major sugar manufacturing industries and sugarcane producers in India as it has high fertile alluvial soil.
- This factory was set up in the mid past period of the British era in the starting years of the 20th century.

Complete answer:
Sugar is produced by photosynthesis in the leaves of the sugarcane plant and preserved in the sugar cane stalks as a sweet juice. Sugarcane is cut down and then sent to a mill and harvested. Cane juice is processed, washed, purified and crystallised into golden, raw sugar at the mill. Sugarcane is one of the major crops other than pulses in India and it contributes 8 per cent to the global sugar production. Uttar Pradesh has become the largest producer of sugar in India surpassing Maharashtra. It is a tropical plant, so it requires warm conditions for a year to achieve maturity. Areas with temperatures between 20 ° and 26 ° C and a mean rainfall of 150 cm are ideal for cultivation.
Sugar was produced in India from the fourth century in various forms like lumps with various names such as - Khand, gur etc.
The first modern factory came into existence in 1904 at Saran, Bihar.Saran is known for its abundance of sugarcane from ages and was found to be the most suitable place for a sugar factory setup at that time.

Note:- By yielding about 30 million metric ton of sugar in 2019-20, Brazil continued to be the largest producer of sugar in the world.
- Cuba is called the “sugar bowl of the world” as it has the largest sugar industry which is now degrading and thus Brazil has taken its place.