Write a short note on Calico Act

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Why was the Calico Act enacted in England?

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Read the source and answer the questions given below: According to a report of the Geological Survey of India: Iron smelting was at one time a widespread industry in India and there is hardly a district away from the great alluvial tracts of the Indus, Ganges and Brahmaputra, in which slag heaps are not found. For the primitive iron smelter finds no difficulty in obtaining sufficient supplies of ore from deposits that no European ironmaster would regard as worth his serious consideration.
(i) What do you understand by slag heaps?
(ii) Why did the process of iron smelting decline by the late 19th century?

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In what ways were the steps followed for industrialising Japan different from those followed by the British in industrialising India?

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Describe the steps due to which the international market for traditional Indian textiles was eroded during the 19th century.

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Describe the development of TISCO as the biggest steel industry within the British empire.

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Look at the given picture and answer the following questions.

(i) Which famous port of 17th century is shown in the picture?
(ii) Name the two ships, that began using the port from the early 17th century?

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Look at the given picture and answer the following questions.

(i) What is shown in the picture?
(ii) Where was Patola woven?
(iii) Why was Patola highly valued in Indonesia?

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Look at the given pictures and answer the following questions.

(i) What are the Tanti weavers doing in the above pictures 1?
(ii) What is shown in picture 2?

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Look at the given picture and answer the following questions.

(i) Name the community, who was lived in this village?
(ii) In which century a series of famines devastated the dry tracts of India.

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