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The chapter notes that HANDLOOM weaving in India SURVIVED industrialisation because:
AThe British government banned all factory-made cloth
BHand-loom weavers organised the largest trade unions
CIndian factories collapsed when British factories opened
DFine-quality textiles (e.g. Banaras saris) retained a niche market
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Fine-quality textiles (e.g. Banaras saris) retained a niche market
Indian handloom weaving survived because finer textiles (Banaras sari, Dhaka muslin) had a niche market that mills could not replicate. Gandhi later promoted khadi as a symbol of swadeshi. By 1930, handloom employed more Indians than mills.
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