write a short note on calico act?

Calico (in British usage, 1505 AmE "muslin") is a plain-woven textile made from unbleached and often not fully processed cotton. It may contain unseparated husk parts, for example. The fabric is less coarse and thick than canvas or denim, but it is still very cheap owing to its unfinished and undyed appearance. The fabric was originally from the city of Kozhikode (known by the English as Calicut) in southwestern India. It was made by the traditional weavers called cāliyans. The raw fabric was dyed and printed in bright hues, and calico prints became popular in Europe.
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By the early eighteenth century, worried by the popularity of Indian textiles, wool and silk producers in England began protesting against the import of Indian cotton textiles. In 1720, the British government enacted a legislation banning the use of printed Indian cotton textiles - chintz - in England. This act was referred to as the Calico Act.
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