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Seth Hukumchand set up the first Indian jute mill in Calcutta in:
A1897
B1937
C1877
D1917
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. 1917
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: NCERT Class 10 Social Science, 'India and the Contemporary World II', Ch 4 'The Age of Industrialisation'_
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