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Question
Why is Kanpur called the ‘Manchester of North India’?
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Solution
Kanpur is a city, which is located centrally in the Ganga basin. This city has developed as an industrial centre and is famous for cotton textile industry. There are seventeen big cotton-textile mills in the city. It is therefore the biggest centre of cotton textile industry in north India. This is why Kanpur is called the ‘Manchester of North India’.
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