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History of Handloom weaving: Spinning of thread Weaving by Julahas in village Sale of the fabric in the local market Looms were set up Fabric ...
Before the First World War India imported British steel for rails. When in 1914 the war broke out, steel produced in Britain now had to meet the deman...
During the early period of its development, the textile industry in India faced many problems. In most countries, governments supported local manu...
There were several reasons: The new forest laws of the colonial government prevented people from entering the reserved forests. Now it became diff...
Cotton industries in Britain developed and adversely affected textile producers in India in several ways: 1. Indian textiles faced competition from ...
Textile industry had just begun to develop in England in the early 18th century. The wool and silk producers in England found themselves unable to com...
European traders first saw fine cotton cloth from India in Mosul in present-day Iraq. They referred to all finely woven textiles as “muslin”. Portugu...
1. chintz 2. Wootz 3. 19th.
Groups of men and women carrying basket-loads of iron are known as the Agarias.
Bandanna is a brightly coloured and printed scarf for neck and head. This word was derived from the word Bandhan. It referred to a variety of brightly...
Jamdani is a fine muslin on which decorative motifs are woven on the loom, typically in grey and white.
Chintz (chhint), Cossaes (Khassa) and Bandanna. Bandanna word was derived from the word bandhan. It referred to a variety of brightly coloured cloth, ...
The British colonial bungalow was meant for one nuclear family. It was a large single storeyed structure with a pitched roof. It was usually set in on...
The Mughal aristocracy in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries lived in havelis. There were at least a hundred havelis in North India. A haveli ho...
The Viceroy’s Palace was situated at the end of the Kingsway. The central dome of the Viceroy’s Palace was copied from the Buddhist stupa at Sanchi, a...
Kingsway was a two-mile avenue in New Delhi. The government complex was situated on this avenue. The avenue is now called Rajpath. At the end of Kin...
In 1911, when King George V was crowned in England, a Durbar was held in Delhi to celebrate the occasion and it was decided to shift the capital of In...
The British wanted Delhi to forget its Mughal past. The area around the Fort was completely cleared of gardens, pavilions and mosques. No worship was ...
In 1803, the British gained control of Delhi after defeating the Marathas.