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Question
The Handicrafts declined in India in British Period. Why?
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Solution
- Through discriminatory tariff policy, the British Government purposefully destroyed handicrafts.
- With the disappearance of Nawabs and Kings, there was no one to protect Indian handicrafts.
- Indian products could not compete with machine-made products.
- The introduction of railways in India increased the domestic market for British goods.
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