There is some information here about the British East India company pretty much destroyed the Indian textile industry through tarifs and other measures. Turning

There is some information here about the British East India company pretty much destroyed the Indian textile industry through tarifs and other measures. Turning Indian from a leading textile manufacturer into a (much less profitable) producer of raw cotton for Britain's mills: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_cotton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_cotton