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Title: Essays and Lectures on the Industrial Development of India and Other Indian Subjects [1880-1906]
Author : Pramatha Nath Bose
Release Date : January 30, 2013
Genre: Nonfiction,Books,Fiction & Literature,
Pages : * pages
Size : 425 KB

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THE all but utter extinction of out industries has ruined our artisan classes. Down to the commencement of the present century we used to make enough clothes, not only to meet out own demands, but also to export a good portion of them. Our export trade then consisted mainly of manufactured cotton; now it consists almost exclusively of raw produce. In 1798-99, India exported to England one crore and-a-half worth of piece-goods; in 1888-89, we imported from England nearly 29 crores worth of manufactured cotton. The profits of manufacture which a century ago remained in the country and enriched it a now swell the ever increasing drain to Europe