1.Give a brief account of cotton textile industry in India.

Explanation

(a) Tamil Nadu has the largest number of cotton mills.
(b) Coimbatore is the most important centre as approximately half the mills are located there.
(c) In Karnataka, the cotton textile industry has developed in the cotton producing areas in the north-eastern part of the state.
(d) In Andhra Pradesh, it is located in Telangana region where most of the mills are spinning mills producing yarn, Most important centres are Hyderabad, Secunderbad, Warangal and Guntur.
(e) In U.P., Kanpur is the largest centre. The important centres are Modinagar, Hathras, Saharanpur, Lucknow and Agra. (f) West Bengal has centres like Howrah, Serampur, Kolkata and Shyam nagar.