Describe major Peculiarities of industrial growth in India in the 19th century.

Major Peculiarities of industrial growth in India were as given below:
(l) European Managing Agencies dominated industrial production in India.
(ii) These Agencies were interested in certain kinds of products. For example, they established tea and coffee plantations. They acquired land at cheap rates from the colonial government. They invested in mining, indigo and jute.
(iii) Their main object was export trade and not sale in India.
(iv) When Indians set up industries they avoided competition with Manchester goods in the Indian market. So, the early cotton mills in India produced coarse cotton yarn rather than fabric. This yarn was used by handloom weavers in India or exported to China.