India was a major player in the world export market for textiles in the early 18th century, but by the middle of the 19 …th century it had lost all of its export market and much of its domestic market. India underwent secular … deindustrialization as a consequence. While India produced about 25 percent of world industrial output in 1750, this figure had fallen to …

India was a major player in the world export market for textiles in the early 18th century, but by the middle of the 19 … some decline, and India underwent secular de-industrialization as a consequence. While India produced about 25 percent of … organize our thinking about the relative role played by domestic and foreign forces in India's de-industrialization. The …