alleryIn late-19th-century India, who set up the first jute mill?
ATata family
BRishra (Bengal) merchants
CDwarkanath Tagore
DBritish East India Company
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Rishra (Bengal) merchants
1. syllabus covers Indian entrepreneurship in industry.
2. The first jute mill came up in Rishra (near Kolkata) in 1855.
3. Eastern India's jute mills concentrated near Kolkata.
_Source: syllabus History India and the Contemporary World - II, Ch 4 "The Age of Industrialisation", §Indian Entrepreneurs ¶2_
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