📝 Multiple Choice Question
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Who among the following Governor Generals of India wrote about the predicament of Indian weavers, "The bones of the cotton weavers are scattered on the plains of India"?
A
Lord William Bentinck
B
Lord Amherst
C
Sir John Shore
D
Lord Minto
Explanation
In an 1834 report, Governor-General Lord William Bentinck famously highlighted the devastating, impoverishing impact of cheap British machine-made textiles on traditional Indian handicraft industries with this poignant quote.
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