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The decline of the cottage industry, increase in land rents and unemployment led to Indians and Chinese workers in European plantations and mines.

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The given statement is True.
Due to colonisation taking its roots in countries like India and China, their situation worsened. British colonial government policies made the economy of such colony countries deprived. Cottage industries, increase in land rents, and unemployment were the factors that were increasing poverty in such places. The Britishers showed Indians and Chinese workers a good picture of indentured labour. In such areas, they were ill-treated and forced to work in mines and plantations with less pay. Indentured labourers were lured by it, and to avail new opportunities and better working conditions, they left their native country for a new place.

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