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    India began when cotton textile‚ jute and coal-mining industries were started in the 1850s. The first textile mill was started in Bombay by Cowasjee Nanabhoy in 1853‚ and the first jute mill in Rishra (Bengal) in 1855. These industries expanded slowly but continuously. In 1879 there were 56 cotton textile mills in India employing nearly 43‚000 persons. In 1882 there were 20 jute mills‚ most of them in Bengal‚ employing nearly 20‚000 persons. By 1905‚ India had 206 cotton mills employing nearly

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    76200633730 Name: Nameer S. Patel Class : 10-T Submitted to: Mr Kamran Qazi Table of Content SS No. TOPIC PAGE 1. Steel Mills 1 2. Cotton Textile Mills 2 3. Fertilizer Industry 4 4. Cement Industry 6 5. Sugar Mills 8 6. References 10 Steel Mill: Importance: They produce flat steel products including billets‚ slabs‚ hot rolled coils ‚ cold rolled coils‚ galvanized sheets/coins/formed sections and corrugated sheets. They are vital

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    garments after China. It is the world’s third largest producer of cotton—after China and the USA—and the second largest cotton consumer after China. The Indian textile industry is as diverse and complex as country itself and it combines with equal equanimity this immense diversity into a cohesive whole. The fundamental strength of this industry flows from its strong production base of wide range of fibres / yarns from natural fibres like cotton‚ jute‚ silk and wool to synthetic /man-made fibres like polyester

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    Traders faced higher shipping prices for smaller amounts of goods. ____ 2. Which small‚ inexpensive machine revolutionized the manufacture of cloth? a. the cotton gin c. the water frame b. the spinning jenny d. the Pawtucket loom ____ 3. Who was Richard Arkwright? a. Inventor of the water frame‚ he lowered the cost of cotton thread and increased the speed of production. b. British mechanic and entrepreneur‚ he brought his skills to New England and the Industrial Revolution to the

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    literally "mill village") was a name commonly used to refer to an area now part of central Mumbai‚ India‚ which at one time had almost 130 textile mills‚ with the majority being cotton mills. The mills of Girangaon contributed significantly to the prosperity and growth of Mumbai during the later nineteenth century and for the transformation of Mumbai into a major industrial metropolis.[1] Girangaon covered an area of 600 acres (2.4 km2)‚ not including the workers’ housing. The mill workers lived

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    of the world‚ however‚ the social‚ economic‚ and political effects of child labor in textile mills in the 19th century as a result of the Industrial Revolution were detrimental to Great Britain. Child labor caused an unsafe environment for the children‚ it lowered wages and stole jobs from adults‚ and caused many failed attempts from the government to try to control it. Child labor in textile mills was very demanding for the young workers.  The average child worked about 14 to 16 hours a day

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    Most people left their farms because of the enclosure system and moved to the towns the move from countryside to towns is call “urbanization”.Children living in urban areas during the industrial revolution had no option but to become miners‚factory workers or street kids. Most of the children were orphans (the life expectancy was not very high) and had no one to stand up for them. Mines: Around this time the demand for coal was increasing‚ because there was a shortage of flammable sources and

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    to buy high grade metals.  The companies started to get low grade metals.  The prices went down and down.  The business who did not have enough money to pay for their factories and were forced to sell.  Many companies that had to sell went into the cotton

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    social norms were changed dramatically through the industrial revolution. Businessmen made an overwhelming triumph. Ordinary working people found increased opportunities for employment in the new factories and areas of work. Labor was focused into mills‚ factories‚ and mines rather than farms‚ plantations‚ and other agriculture-based facilities. This new outlook inspired laborers and inventors alike. With the industrialization came the invention of important tools that we still used today. This includes

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    Many of the first textile mills and other factories were built in the New England region as there were a large number of fast flowing rivers which made it easy for the transportation of goods and they also had a large population. Later‚ Samuel Slater made many other spinning mills and also other factories in the Northeast side. Thus‚ the society turned into an urban society. This concentration of industries in the Northeast side had given ways to the development of transportation such as railroads

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