Weavers, Iron Smelters and Factory Owners Flashcards
In the 1850’s, Britain came to be known as _____
Workshop of the world
Where were Indian Textiles traded?
South East Asia; west and central Asia
When did European companies start buying Indian Textiles
From the sixteenth century
____ was woven in Surat, Ahmedabad and Patan.
Patola
Where did European traders encounter Indian cotton cloth?
Mosul, Iraq
The cotton textiles along with the spices that the Portuguese took back from India were known as ____
Calico
When did the British ban chintz. What was the name of the act?
1720; calico act
Name the communities famous for weaving
Tanti weavers of Bengal, Julahas or Momin weavers of north India, sale, kaikollar and devangs of south india
When was the Spinning Jenny invented
1764
Who invented the spinning jenny
John Kaye
Who invented the steam engine?
Richard Arkwright
When was the steam engine invented?
1786
Name the instruments used in spinning
Charka and Takli
What was the dyer called
Rangrez
For printed cloth the weavers needed the help of specialist block printers known as _____
chhipigars
Name the parts of Indian Cloth production in order
Spinning, Weaving, Dying/ Printing
Meaning of Aurang
Persian term for warehouse; also refers to a workshop
____ and _____ emerged as important new centers of weaving in the late nineteenth century
Sholapur in western India and Madura in South India
Where and When was the first cotton mill set up in India
Bombay; 1854
By 1900, over __ mills starting operating in Bombay
84
The first mill that started in Ahmedabad was started in _____
1861
Tipu Sultan ruled Mysore till ____
1799
The quality of Tipu Sultan’s sword came from a type of high-carbon called ___. It was produced all over ____.
wootz; south India
_____ made an account of how wootz was made in the year ____
Francis Buchanan; 1800
wootz was called ____ in Kannada; ____ in Telugu and _____ is Tamil and Malayalam.
ukku; hukku; urukku
Define Bellow
A device that can pump air
Define Slag Heaps
The waste left when smelting metal.
In the year ____, ____ and ____ were looking for iron ore deposits in Chhattisgarh
1904; Charles Weld; Dorabji Tata
____ had one of the finest ores in the world
Rajhara hills
Full form of TISCO
Tata Iron and Steel Company
When did TISCO start producing steel
1912
