🏭 The Age of Industrialisation – Class 10 History (CBSE)

🏭 What we’ll cover ⤵️

• ⏳ Pre-industrial (proto-industrialisation): merchants, guilds, putting-out system
• ⚙️ Factories & technology: steam power, limited spread, myths vs reality
• 🧵 Handloom vs machine-made: flexibility of small producers, design & quality
• 🌍 Global trade links: cotton, textiles, capital flows, protection vs free trade
• 🇮🇳 India under colonial rule: tariffs, deindustrialisation debate, rise of mills (Bombay, Calcutta), jute & cotton
• 🧑‍🏭 Labour & work culture: jobbers, migration, women/child labour, strikes
• 🧢 Swadeshi & branding: nationalism, advertising, consumer identities

🎯 Learning Outcomes: Enumerate economic, political, social features before/after industrialisation; analyse how industrialisation and colonial policies reshaped Indian industries, entrepreneurs, workers, and markets.