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Industries of India Instruction: Use your highlighter to mark out important details in the three case studies below. Jamshedpur Jamshedpur, located near the Kalimati River, was in 1907 know...

Industries of India Instruction: Use your highlighter to mark out important details in the three case studies below. Jamshedpur Jamshedpur, located near the Kalimati River, was in 1907 known as Sakchi. Bengal and Cooch Behar during British times was a bustling and populous part of the empire. Labourers from all over India (Bihar, Bengal, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala) migrated to these parts of the country for work. So, in these parts British and Indian (Gujarati, Parsi and Punjabi) financial companies started to fund industrial and business efforts. Sakchi was situated 32 kilometers away from Kalimati railway station on the famous Bengal-Nagpur line connecting Calcutta’s ports to the steel plant. It was located near iron ore, coal and manganese deposits which were the raw materials necessary to make steel. Did you Know? Before independence, Tata Iron and Steel Company Ltd. (TISCO) was established in Sakchi by Jamshedji Tata, the only iron and steel plant in India. Today, Jamshedpur has several other industrial plants like chemicals, locomotive parts, agricultural equipment, machinery, etc. Iron and Steel industry of India is the backbone of industrial development in the country. Checkpoint! Think about the questions below. 1. Which river was the TATA steel plant located near? 2. Where did the labourers come from? 3. Where did business and industrial efforts get their funding from? 4. Why was the Bengal-Nagpur railway line important to TISCO? 5. What are the raw materials necessary to manufacture steel? 6. How did the TATA Steel plant lead to industrialisation in the country? Challenge Question! Why was Sakchi renamed Jamshedpur? All copying, redistribution or reprint in full or electronic form without prior written permission from Kunskapsskolan Education is strictly prohibited. Kunskapsskolan, The KED program and the Learning Portal ™ are property of Kunskapsskolan Education. Ahmedabad In 1859, the first cotton textile mill was established in Ahmedabad near the Sabarmati River. Soon, multiple mills rose in this vast flat land. Located on the railway line as well as close to the port, the textile mills supplied to the world market including the European war fronts during World Wars I and II. A crop grown on the black soils of Gujarat and Maharashtra, cotton as a raw material was easily available and transported to these Ahmedabad mills. Moreover, the climate of Gujarat supported the spinning and weaving activities that would take place in the mills. But many times the technological know-how would be imported including machinery. The labour who worked on these machines were Indians. These populous parts of the country, with migrants stepping in everyday, ensured proper labour supply to the mills, both skilled and semi-skilled. Ahmedabad emerged as the ‘Manchester of India’. Checkpoint! Think about the questions below. 1. Ahmedabad is home to which river? 2. Why did multiple mills crop up near Ahmedabad? 3. What is the importance of the railway line and the port to the mills? 4. Where is cotton grown? Where is this in location to the mills? 5. How is the climate of Gujarat important for textile mills? 6. Where did the labour come from? All copying, redistribution or reprint in full or electronic form without prior written permission from Kunskapsskolan Education is strictly prohibited. Kunskapsskolan, The KED program and the Learning Portal ™ are property of Kunskapsskolan Education. Bengaluru Bengaluru has the largest number of educational institutions and IT colleges in India. Graduates from these institutions seek employment in the prosperous Information Technology industry located in the city. The Government of Karnataka has supported the expansion of the IT industry and announced IT Policy in 1992. It is the first to do so. The development of Bengaluru as a commercial hub led to its rise as a metropolitan city of India. The roads that are the transportation networks connected Bengaluru to important financial and commercial capitals of the world. This green city has a cool and pleasant climate. In fact, most people from Bengaluru do not wish to move elsewhere because they enjoy the weather so much! On top of it, the city has a dust-free environment which is essential to the safe production of electronic items, software, etc. A dust free environment is healthy for citizens. Citizens contribute to the scientific and technological development of a country. Checkpoint! Think about the questions below. 1. How do colleges in Bengaluru contribute to the IT industry? 2. What is the role of the government in supporting industry? 3. How is Bengaluru connected to the world? 4. How does Bengaluru’s climate support its industrial development? All copying, redistribution or reprint in full or electronic form without prior written permission from Kunskapsskolan Education is strictly prohibited. Kunskapsskolan, The KED program and the Learning Portal ™ are property of Kunskapsskolan Education.