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the main reason behind this was, first of all the britishers are getting more productive things through Indian & helper as well as , the ignorence of Indian people was major reason & they knew it all Indian can not understand the meaning of freedom.

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India was a major cotton producer that supplied Britain's new textile industry and was a market for Britain's manufactured goods.

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