Before the railway age, the town of Mirzapur was a collection centre for _____ from the Deccan.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Cotton
Before the railway age, the town of Mirzapur was a collection centre for cotton from the Deccan, and fleets of boats carried the cotton bales down the Ganges.
NCERT (2026-27): “3.4 Then came the cotton boom … While the American crisis continued, cotton production in the Bombay Deccan expanded. Between 1860 and 1864 cotton acreage doubled. By 1862 over 90 per cent of cotton imports into Britain were coming from India. But these boom years did not bring prosperity to all cotton producers. Some rich peasants did gain, but for the large majority, cotton expansion meant heavier debt.”
Fig. 9.18 A fleet of boats carrying cotton bales down the Ganges from Mirzapur, Illustrated London News, 13 December 1862 |
