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The textile industry continues to be the second-largest employment generating sector in India. It offers direct employment to over 35 million people in the country. [1] India is the world's second largest exporter of textiles and clothing, and in the fiscal year 2022, the exports stood at US$44.4 billion. [2]
A blue khadi kurta.. Khadi (pronounced, Khādī), derived from khaddar, [1] [2] [3] is a hand-spun and woven natural fibre cloth promoted by Gandhi as swadeshi (of homeland) for the freedom struggle of India and the term is used throughout the Indian subcontinent [4] [5] The first piece of the hand-woven cloth was made in the Sabarmati Ashram of Gandhi during 1917–18.
Ideas from mathematics have been used as inspiration for fiber arts including quilt making, knitting, cross-stitch, crochet, embroidery and weaving. A wide range of mathematical concepts have been used as inspiration including topology , graph theory , number theory and algebra .
[6] [7] In the latter half of the 18th century, muslin weaving ceased in Bengal due to cheap fabrics from England and oppression by the colonialists. In India in the latter half of the 20th century and in Bangladesh in the second decade of the 21st century, initiatives were taken to revive muslin weaving, and the industry was able to be revived.
Calico was the first Indian mill to give shareholders cloth at concessional rates. It was the first Indian textile mill to make cotton sewing thread, and later 100% synthetic sewing thread. [1] Calico main textile unit was the only textile plant in Ahmedabad to be fuelled by natural gas, with virtually no smoke and no air pollution. [1]
Shantipur Handloom Industry, also known Shantipur Handloom Cluster, [1] [2] is a handloom weaving industry in Nadia district of West Bengal. It is one of the foremost handloom centers of India. This handloom industry is world famous for the production of cotton Sari. The two main centers of this industrial zone are Shantipur and Phulia.
Pakistan Textile Journal, (Monthly textile magazine, published in Karachi) Shaheen Annual Youth Magazine, (In languages English, Urdu, Saraiki & Pashto, published in Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore) Spider, (Monthly computer magazine, published in Karachi, owned by the Dawn group) Trade Chronicle, (monthly commerce magazine)
The Nawab of Bengal was defeated in the Battle of Plassey, and later control of Bengal came under the East India Company. The company started exporting raw material from Murshidabad to Britain, as a result the silk industry of Bengal, including Murshidabad silk, began to decline. The factories were closed in 1883 due to losses. [6]