Seth Hukumchand set up the first Indian jute mill in Calcutta in:

1. Seth Hukumchand was a Marwari businessman who also traded with China. 2. He set up the first Indian jute mill in Calcutta in 1917. 3. So the correct year is 1917. _Source: syllabus Social Science, 'India and the Contemporary World II', Ch 4 'The Age of Industrialisation'_