“By the First Decade of the Twentieth Century a Series of Changes Affected the Pattern of Industrialisation in India.” Support the Statement With Examples.

During the Swadeshi Movement the people boycotted the foreign clothes, and the Indian industrial groups organized themselves and pressurized the government to increase tariff protection and for granting other concessions.

Again the Indian industrialists shifted from the yarn production to cloth production because the Indian yarn export declined in China as the Chinese
and Japanese mills became plenty in China.

Effects of the First World War on the Indian Industries – Indian mills regained the domestic market as the British mills were busy with the war- needs production and also the Manchester imports declined in India. Due to the prolonged war, Indian factories got an opportunity to produce for the war needs. Many new factories were set up, the old factories ran multiple shifts, demands for workers increased. Workers had to work for long hours. Due to the huge economic loss in the war, Britain could not regain its dominance over the export and thus the local industries consolidated their position in the home market.