Answer:
As cotton industries developed in England, industrial
groups began worrying about imports from other countries.
(i)They
pressurized the government to impose import duties on cotton textiles so that
Manchester goods could sell in Britain, without facing any competition from
outside.
(ii) Industrialists persuaded the East
India Company to sell British manufactures in Indian markets as well.
(iii) Export of British cotton
goods increased dramatically in the early 19th century.
(iv) At the end of the 18th century,
there had been virtually no import of cotton piece goods into India but by
1850, cotton piece goods constituted over 31 per cent of the value of Indian
imports.
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