This strike, from April 14 to June 10, 1920, was the first recorded strike in the cotton mills of South India. Contemporary newspapers described it as an action in defence of women’s honour.

On Dec.20, 1790, a mill, with water-powered machinery for spinning, roving and carding cotton, began operating on the banks of Blackstone River in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.

The Parsi community, which gave India many of its firsts— first cotton mill in the country, the first Indian-owned newspaper, ...

With the American Civil War cutting off cotton supplies to England, Indian cotton became a lifeline for British mills. In 1860, India exported 422,000 cotton bales to England . By 1866, this ...

The Mount Holly Cotton Mill was established in 1875 by A.P. and D.E. Rhyne and Ambrose Costner, according to a press release from the distillery. It was the fourth mill built in Gaston County and the ...

PREMIUM An image of Harvey Mills, a colonial-era cotton mill in Madurai, sourced from 'Southern India: Its History, People, Commerce, and Industrial Resources', a book compiled by Somerset Playne ...

To a large extent, the two mills—along with one more being built with British help and another with American, each of 1,000,000 ingot ton capacity—represent the chief hope of India’s shaky ...

Vidalia Mills in Vidalia, Louisiana, is the first and only mill in the world to embed a unique digital tracker into its plant-based cotton fibers. Newsletters Games Share a News Tip Featured ...

Also known as a water frame, it was the first textile machine designed to be powered by water. Arkwright set up the first water-powered cotton mill at Cromford, Derbyshire, in 1771.

In India, the top cotton producers are Maharashtra, Gujarat, ... the first cotton mill was established in Mumbai, then Bombay, in 1851, and became operationalised in 1854. ...

Shahi, one of the seven global suppliers that piloted the YESS Standards in 2022, has now become the first mill in India to take the lead in implementing robust due diligence measures. Anant Ahuja, ...