Assertion (A): India's handicraft industries declined under British rule.
Reason (R): India's handicraft goods were of poor quality and had no buyers abroad.

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A is true: the crafts declined.
R is false: Indian crafts were famous worldwide. They declined because of colonial policy, which favoured British machine-made goods.

Concept: Decline of handicrafts
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Assertion (A): India's handicraft industries declined under British rule.Reason (R): India's handicraft goods were of poor quality and had no buyers abroad.

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Assertion (A): India's handicraft industries declined under British rule.
Reason (R): India's handicraft goods were of poor quality and had no buyers abroad.