Assertion (A): India's handicraft workers lost their livelihood under colonial rule.
Reason (R): Cheap machine-made goods from Britain replaced Indian crafts in the market.

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British factory goods flooded the market, and the crafts could not survive.
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Assertion (A): India's handicraft workers lost their livelihood under colonial rule.Reason (R): Cheap machine-made goods from Britain replaced Indian crafts in the market.

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Assertion (A): India's handicraft workers lost their livelihood under colonial rule.
Reason (R): Cheap machine-made goods from Britain replaced Indian crafts in the market.