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The role of textile industry in India's modern industrialization is particularly significant. Textile industry was the most important form of textile industry. With the dominance of European industrialists in the jute, tea, and coal industries, and despite the opposition of the capitalists, Indian cotton was able to establish its own place in the world market. However, since the Mughal era, Indian fine textiles had a world-class reputation. The spinning mill, which was established in 1838 AD at Ghushuri in Howrah district, was soon closed due to debt. Weaving began in India in 1853 AD with the establishment of the first loom under the leadership of Kwamji Nanabhai Davar in Bombay. This Bombay spinning mill emerged as a pioneer of the textile industry and arguably the shining star of modern textile production. Since then communities like Parsis, Gujarati and Bohra Muslims entered the modern factories of Karpus Tattva and textile industry. By 1875 AD, 48 cloth mills were established in places like Nagpur, Ahmedabad, Sholapur etc. and the cotton textile industry expanded tremendously and remained unabated till 1914 AD. These mills had about 10,000 looms and 10 lakh spinning spindles. However, during the American Civil War, the cotton industry experienced a period of difficulty due to a sharp increase in the price of cotton, but after the end of the Civil War, it revived again in the centers of Indian cotton industry, i.e., the industry expanded again. More than 53,000 people were then employed in this industry.