Sunday, November 12, 2017
History of textile production
in Bangladesh
Early history
Bengal
was conquered by the British East India Company after
the Battle of Plassey in
1757 and the Bengal Presidency was
founded in 1765. British colonization forced open the Bengali market to British
goods, while at the same time Britain implemented protectionistpolicies such as bans and
high tariffs that restricted Bengali imports
to Britain. Raw cotton was also imported without taxes or tariffs to British
factories, which used them to manufacture textiles, many of which were exported
back to Bengal. British economic policies led to deindustrialization in
Bengal.[14][15][16]
