A Historical Analysis of Kashimbazar for Silk Industry in Eighteenth Century

Murshidabad is the second biggest conventional silk creating locale in West Bengal, which bears a brilliant tradition of delivering standout silk in India since seventeenth century. Kashimbazar was one of the significant centers of silk buy for the British silk shippers. The business went into extraordinary decay as the Industrial Revolution in West set in. In the post Independence time frame endeavors were made to restore this locally situated high quality industry in India to extend business and pay openings in the country economy. Different records of the historical backdrop of silk in India guarantee that silk weaving in Bengal existed from old occasions. Records show that the silk weavers of Murshidabad were working in eighteenth century when Nawab Murshid Quli Khan (1717-1727) moved the capital of the Dewanee of Bengal from Dhaka, presently in Bangladesh, to another capital he based on the east bank of the River Bhagirathi and named Murshidabad. Murshidabad is celebrated for its friendly saris made of fine mulberry silk with level, dark red or maroon boundaries made with three transports. The boundaries are bound with fine serrated plan in gold zari. Murshidabad silks are additionally well known for hand-printed plans and different materials which are likewise printed with wooden squares. In this investigation we are attempting to know the brilliant period of Silk industry at Kashimbazar and the cost of silk, and disparaged by Nawab’s rule on this industry and furthermore the rancher’s condition.