Is it a coincidence that industrial revolution happened in a country which was taking raw material from its colonies at zero cost?<p>Owning India is what allowed Britain to fund its own development (as well as all its international wars). The british destroyed india&#x27;s local textile sector (which was world-famous), shipped all the cotton to Britain, and sold clothes BACK to Indians. That&#x27;s how this industrial revolution happened.<p>This is what Mahatma Gandhi opposed and encouraged Indians to make their own yarn. That&#x27;s where his association with the &quot;charkha&quot; and swadeshi movement comes from.