Explanation
The first jute mill was established at Rishra, on the River Hooghly near Calcutta in 1855 when Mr. George Acland brought jute spinning machinery from Dundee. Four years later, the first power driven weaving factory was set up.
Wootz steel is also known as ____.
Wootz steel is a crucible steel characterized by a pattern of bands, which are formed by sheets of micro carbides within a tempered martensite or pearlite matrix in higher carbon steel, or by ferrite and pearlite banding in lower carbon steels. It is the pioneering steel alloy matrix developed in Southern India in the 6th century BC and exported globally. It was also known in the ancient world by many different names including Wootz, Ukku, Hindvi Steel, Hinduwani Steel, Teling Steel and Seric Iron.
_____________ and ______________ industries were crucial for the Industrial Revolution in the modern world.
European traders first encountered fine cotton cloth from India carried by Arab merchants in Mosul in present-day Iraq.
In which regions of the world were Indian cotton textiles exported in the mid-eighteenth century?
Indian textiles were renowned for their fine quality and exquisite craftsmanship. They were extensively exported to Southeast Asia (Java, Sumatra, and Penang). West Asia and Central Asia.
____________ and ____________ were the important centers for the famous Jamdani weaving work.
Jamdani is a fine muslin on which decorative motifs are woven on the loom, usually in grey and white. A mixture of cotton and gold thread was often used. The most important centres of jamdani weaving were Dacca in Bengal and Lucknow in the United Provinces.
The invention of the steam engine by Richard Arkwright in 1786 revolutionized cotton textile weaving as cloth could be woven in immense quantities and cheaply with the assistance of steam power.
By the 1880s ____________ of all the cotton clothes worn by Indians were made of cloth produced in Britain.
In 1764, the spinning jenny was invented by John Kaye which increased the productivity of the traditional spindles.
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