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Why did the Indian iron smelting industry decline in the nineteenth century?
Asked by dararif99 | 02 May, 2019, 08:11: AM
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During the colonial rule, the iron smelting colour began to decline because of various reasons. These were:

  • The  introduction  of  forest  laws  demarcated  forests  as  protected  and  reserved.  The  smelters now were  not  able  to  find  wood  for  charcoal  and  iron  ore  for  producing  iron.  Many smelters thus abandoned their work.
  • When smelters obtained permission for obtaining iron-ore or wood, they had to pay high taxes for each furnace which they used.
  • By  the  nineteenth  century,  iron  and  steel  began  to  be  imported  from  Britain.  Ironsmiths in India began to use steel imported by Britain for making various articles. Thus the demand for iron produced by local smelters reduced.
Smelters also faced competition from the iron and steel industries which began to be set up in the country
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