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Bengal's Cotton Revolt: The Weavers Who Defied the Empire
In the aftermath of the Battle of Plassey, Bengal's legendary muslin weavers found themselves caught between the crumbling Mughal order and the rising East India Company. This episode follows the weavers' revolt of 1769–1770, when thousands of artisans in Junglee Bazaar and beyond refused to produce cloth for the Company at starvation wages. We explore the brutal mechanisms of the Company's monopoly—how it forced weavers to sell at fixed prices, destroyed their looms for disobedience, and turned a once-thriving industry into a tool of extraction. Key figures include…
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