Why do you think the Act was called the Calico Act? What does the name tell us about the kind of textiles the Act wanted to ban?

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What is jamdani?

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What is bandanna?

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What problems did the Indian textile industry face in the early years of its development?

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Find out about the history of any craft around the area you live. You may wish to know about the community of craftsmen, the changes in the techniques they use and the markets they supply. How have these changed in the past 50 years?

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Who are the Agarias? Why did they leave their village?

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Imagine you are textile weaver in late nineteenth century. Textiles produced in Indian factories are flooding the market. How would you have adjusted to the situation?

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What helped TISCO to expand steel production during the First World War?

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On a map of India, locate the centres of different crafts today. Find out when the centres came up

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Why was the sword of Tipu Sultan very popular?

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Write about the popularity of the printed Indian cotton cloths in England and Europe

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"Handloom weaving did not completely die in India, despite the decline of Indian textiles". Explain.

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What were the problems faced by the Indian textile industry in the first few decades

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What were the efforts taken by the Meiji regime to industrialize Japan?

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