Handloom Industry-Before British moved into India, all the fabric needed in India was handled by the handloom industry. When East India Company puts its sight on the textile industry in India, the first casualty was the Handloom Industry. Whenever one talks about the down falls of the indigenous industries in India by the imperialist and capitalist forces, the woes of the weavers are the first that captures the imagination- Tanvir Salim