what was calico act?

ANS: In the early 1700s, England banned the importation of cotton fabric from India, in an effort to boost the English textile industry. At the time, printed calico was particularly popular amongst the women. The attempted ban failed, and was reinforced in 1720, known as the "Calico Act." This almost destroyed the Indian textile industry, and India was forced to buy British textiles. One of the reasons for it, was that the amount of imports of calicoes (inexpensive cotton fabrics from Calicut) to England had grown so large  that the Parliament decided to pass the Calico Act to protect English manufacturers, forbidding the use of calico in England for apparel or for domestic purposes.

ANS:- IN 1720, BRITISH GOVERNMENT ENACTED A LEGISLATION BANNING THE USE OF PRINTED COTTON TEXTILES --CHINTZ-- IN ENGLAND.  THIS ACT WAS TERMED AS  CALICO ACT.