The pace of industrial Change

Till the First World War the industrial growth was very slow as the early cotton mills in India produced coarse cotton yarn rather than fabric. Only imported yarn was of the superior variety. By the first decade of the twentieth century, a series of changes affected the pattern of industrialization. Industrilisation in India began shifting from yarn to cloth production. The industrial pace in India changed drastically because:

1. During First World War British mills were busy with war production to meet the needs of the army, Manchester imports into India declined. Due to this reason Indian mills had a vast home market to supply.
2. As the war prolonged Indian factories were called upon to supply war needs.
3. New factories were set up and old ones ran multiple shifts. Over the war years industrial production boomed.