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  2. Bombay Spinning and Weaving Company - Wikipedia

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    Bombay Spinning and Weaving Company was the first cotton mill to be established in Bombay, India, on 7 July 1854 at Tardeo [1] by Cowaszee Nanabhoy Davar (1815–73) and his associates. The company was designed by Sir William Fairbaim. This mill began production on 7 February 1856 under the supervision of British engineers and skilled cotton ...

  3. Cowaszee Nanabhoy Davar - Wikipedia

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    And the mill production with 17000 spindles was initiated just after a month of starting (February 1856). Mr. Edwin Heycock was his close associate in this. Bombay Spinning and weaving company was India's second mill after James London's mill, which was the first in India taken over by Broach Cotton Mills company, started production in October ...

  4. History of cotton - Wikipedia

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    King Cotton in Modern America: A Cultural, Political, and Economic History since 1945 (2010) excerpt; Riello, Giorgio. Cotton: The Fabric that Made the Modern World (2015) excerpt; Riello, Giorgio. How India Clothed the World: The World of South Asian Textiles, 1500–1850 (2013) Yafa, Stephen (2006). Cotton: The Biography of a Revolutionary ...

  5. Cotton mill - Wikipedia

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    Four mills were set up to house Paul and Wyatt's machinery in the decade following its patent in 1738: the short-lived, animal-powered Upper Priory Cotton Mill in Birmingham in 1741; [20] Marvel's Mill in Northampton operated from 1742 until 1764 and was the first to be powered by a water wheel; [21] Pinsley Mill in Leominster probably opened ...

  6. History of Bombay under British rule (1661–1947) - Wikipedia

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    The first cotton mill in Bombay, the Bombay Spinning and Weaving Company was established on 7 July 1854. The foundation of the University of Bombay in 1857 made it the first modern institution of higher education in India, along with the University of Calcutta.

  7. Timeline of Mumbai - Wikipedia

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    1854 – First cotton mill started. 1857 – University of Mumbai established. 1858 – The Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China opens its Bombay branch. 1864 – The Mumbai, Baroda, and Central India Railway (later merged with other railways to form Western Railway) is extended to Mumbai. 1870 – Mumbai Port Trust formed.

  8. Tata Textiles - Wikipedia

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    The Ahmadabad Advance Mills began its operation in 1903. [2] Jointly, Tata mills were one of big producers of cotton textiles in India until the 1980s. The four mills of Tata Textiles produced about 150 million metres of cotton and other cloth annually in 1972, having 325,000 spindles and 6845 looms.

  9. Ahmedabad Spinning and Weaving Company Limited - Wikipedia

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    The Ahmedabad Spinning and Weaving Company Ltd. was the first textile mill and garments company established in Ahmedabad and one of the first textile mills of India. It was opened on 30 May 1861, and started by entrepreneur, Ranchhodlal Chhotalal. [1]