What was the main problem faced by the Indian weavers in the 1850s?

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Their export market collapsed and the local market shrank, being flooded with British goods.

Indian handmade goods could not compete with fine machine made goods of England.

Weavers were forced to buy raw cotton at exorbitant prices.

All of the above.

answer is D.

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Indian weavers and craftsmen, businessmen, and industrialists fought colonial rules, claimed tariff protection, established their own spaces, and strove to expand the market for their produce as British manufacturers pushed to dominate the Indian market. However, when new products are created, consumers must be convinced to buy them. Their local market decreased due to an oversupply of British goods, and their export market collapsed. Handmade items from India could not compete with high-quality English-manufactured items. Raw cotton had to be purchased by weavers at exorbitant costs.

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