Why was Calico act passed by the British government and in which year - Social Science - Weavers Iron Smelters and Factory Owners

Question

Why was Calico act passed by the British government and in which
year

Deepika Sharma · Accepted Answer

Dear Student,
Calico Act was enacted in the year 1720 According to
this act, the British government enacted a legislation banning the
use of printed cotton textiles– chintz – in England It
made the Indian textiles popular in the world market The English
traders were the ones to benefit from this The effects on the
Indian textiles were two ways:

First: Indian textiles now had to compete with
British textiles in the European and American
markets
Second: exporting textiles to England became
increasingly difficult since very high duties were imposed on
Indian textiles imported into Britain

The weavers in the Indian textiles did not let the
Indian textiles completely die in the face of competition by the
machine made textiles of English industries Some types of cloths
could not be supplied by machines The machines could not
produce
saris with intricate borders or cloths with traditional woven
patterns These had a wide demand not only amongst the rich but also
amongst the middle classes Nor did the textile manufacturers in
Britain produce the very coarse cloths used by the poor people in
India

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