Which type of cotton textile gained worldwide fame during the colonial rule? |
Muslin Malmal Canvas Both 1 and 2 |
Both 1 and 2 |
The correct answer is option 4: Both 1 and 2 Muslin is a type of cotton textile which has its origin in earlier Bengal ( which included almost entire north east region of India and Bangladesh too), particularly near places around Dhaka, which is now the capital of Bangladesh. It was also called as Daccai Muslin as Dhaka was initially spelled as Daccai. The finest variety of the fabric was known as Malmal. Sometimes, foreign travellers also used to refer to it as malmal shahi or malmal khas implying that it was worn by, or fit for, the royalty |