What led to industrialisation in Britain and de- industrialisation in India? |
Local artisans were extremely slow In India, the raw material was very expensive in comparison to Britain Indian artisans lacked proper knowledge Traditional exports were facing lot of competition from Britain |
Traditional exports were facing lot of competition from Britain |
In Britain, the first society to undergo industrialisation, was also the earliest to move from being rural to a predominantly urban country. In India the impact of the very same British industrialisation led to deindustrialisation in some sectors. And decline of old urban centres. Just as manufacturing boomed in Britain, traditional exports of cotton and silk manufactures from India declined in the face of Manchester competition. This period also saw the further decline of cities such as Surat and Masulipatnam while Bombay and Madras grew. |