COTTON TEXTILE INDUSTRY: The oldest and the larges t organized modern industry of India. MANUFACTURING CENTRES: Maharashtra (122mills) • Mumbai (63 mills), largest centre, • Other centre: Nagpur, Amaravati, Wardha, Jalgaon, Aurangabad, Pune, Satara, Scholapur, and Kolhapur. Gujarat (118 mills) • Ahmedabad (73 mills), Second largest centre after Mumbai • Other centres: Porbandar, Rajkot, Vadodra, Surat. Madhya Pradesh: • Bhopal, Indore, Dewas, Ujjain, Ratlam, Gwalior, Jabalpur, etc Tamil Nadu • Coimbatore. (Most important centre). Other centres – Chennai, Perambur, Salem, Tirchirapalli, Madurai, Tirunelveli, Tuticorin, etc, West Bengal • Kolkata (Most important entre). • Other centre: Howrah, Serampur, Murshidabad,etc. Uttar Pradesh • Kanpur (largest centre). Other centres: Varanasi, Mirzapur, Lucknow, Agra, Modinagar, Saharanput, etc. Rajasthan • Jaipur, Pali, Bhilwar, Kota, Udaipur, Ganganagar.
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