Thursday, December 20, 2007

Clash between the weavers & gomasthas

There were clashes between weavers & gomasthas because;

1) The gomasthas were outsiders & had no social link with villages.

2) a)They were arrogant.
b) They marchedinto village with sepoys & peons.
c) They punished weavers for delay in supply.

3) The weavers could not sell their cloth to other buyers becuse they had to sell to the company due to the loans they took from them.

4) They had to accept the price offered by the company to them, although it was very low.

Reasons for the decline of textile exports from India;

1) Textile indusrial groups in Britain did not want any competition from outside therefore they put pressure on the Govt. to impose duty on textiles imported from India to Britain so that they become costlier in Britain 7 have few buyers.

2) They also pursuaded the East India Co: to sell British products in indian market.

3) Therfore cotton manufacturers faced problems from both sides,

a)Their exports to Britain declined.
b)The domestic market was flooded with British products.

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