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Indian weavers faced a lot of problems as the export market collapsed, and the local market shrank, being glutted with Manchester imports.

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The statement mentioned above is true.
With the advent of industrialization, Indian workers faced numerous challenges: there were too many imports of cotton textiles from Manchester, causing the export market to collapse and the local market to contract significantly. Because machines manufactured imported cotton goods at a reduced cost, they were cheap and in high demand. The Indian employees' work deteriorated, and as a result, they lived in desolation. By the 1860s, Indian labourers were running out of high-quality raw cotton. The Indian employees' lives were unpleasant, making it extremely difficult for them to exist. Then, at the end of the nineteenth century, weavers and other artisans experienced a new challenge. India's factories commenced production, filling the market with machine-made products.

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