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What was the impact of the industrial revolution on India?

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Indian farmers were forced to produce cotton plantation so that it can fuel English factories as India was then under British rule. Industrial Revolution brought severe consequences to society. Farmers were forced to grow cash crops in place of food crops, which resulted in awfully deadly famines in India. However, the Industrial Revolution had a significant effect on many other countries around the globe. Before the Industrial Revolution, India was the world leader in textile manufacturing and exporting. Throughout the industrial Revolution, Great Britain exploited India until India's economy all but collapsed. The impact of Industrial revolution on India was disastrousus. Mills and factories were tremandously flourished in England and other European countries, particularly the texttile industries. India was always rich in cotton sheeds and other raw materials needed for their factories. They destroyed the cottage industries here, looted India's rich cotton sheeds and made india the market of the British texttile product. Lakhs of weavers were killed. The Industrial revolution flourished the economy of England and other European countries while it resulted famines in Bengal and other parts of colonial India. In 1776 the worst ever famine claims lives of one third population of Bengal during the brutal rule of Clive and Warren Hastings.

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