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1900:

Dawn of the century, published by E.T.Paul Music Co., New York, England

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26 January 1901:
Two Magicians, published in Inland Printers

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By 1730s:
Earliest factories in England were established

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1764:
Spinning Jenny, Invented by James Hargreaves

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Late 19th Century:
Cotton production (first symbol of new era) grew

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1760:
Britain was importing 2.5 million pounds of raw cotton to feed its cotton industry

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1787:
Britain import of raw cotton soared to 22 million pounds

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1840s:
Demand for iron and steel increased rapidly with the expansion of railways in England

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1860s:
Demand for iron and steel increased rapidly with the expansion of railways in the colonies

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1873:
Britain, exporting iron and steel worth about $77 million

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1781:
James Watt improved the steam engine made by Newcomen and got a patent of the new engine

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Mid 19th century:
Britain, 500 varities of hammers were produced and 45 kinds of axes(Hand Labour)

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1750s:
Indian merchants network was breaking down

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17th century (last years):
The gross value of trade which passed through Surat had been Rs. 16 million

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1772:
Henry Palutto, a company official, had ventured, to announce that the demand for Indian textiles could never reduce.

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1811-12:
Piece-goods accounted for 33% of India’s exports

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By 1850-51:
Piece-goods was not more than 3%

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Early 19th century:
Exports of British cotton goods increased significantly

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18th century (end):
Virtually no import of cotton piece-goods into India

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By 1850:
Cotton piece-goods constituted over 31% of the value of Indian imports

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By 1870:
Cotton piece-goods constituted over 50% of the value of Indian imports

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1860s:
Weaver faced a new problem(not get sufficient supply of good quality raw cotton)

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1854:
First cotton mill (in Bombay)

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1862:
Four mills were at work with 94,000 spindles and 2150 looms

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1830s-1840s:
Dwarkanath Tagore, in Bengal, made his fortune in the China trade before he turned to industrial, setting up six joint-stock companies

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1855:
First Jute mill established in Bengal

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1862:
Another Jute mill established in Bengal

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1860s:
In North India, the Elgin mill was started in Kanpur

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By 1874:
First spinning and weaving mill of Madras began its production

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Late 18th century:
The British in India started exporting opium to china and took tea from China to England

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1917:
Seth Hukum Chand was a Marwari businessman, who established the first Indian jute mill in Calcutta

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1901:
With the growth of factories(there were 584,000 workers in Indian factories)

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1946:
Number of workers was over 2,436,000

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1911:
Over 50% of workers in the Bombay Cotton industries, came from the neighbouring districts of Ratnagiri

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Between 1900 & 1912:
Cotton piece-goods production in India doubled

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1911:
About 67% – cotton piece-goods were located in Bombay and Bengal

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1941:
Over 35% of handlooms in India were fitted with fly shuttles

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Early 20th century:
Images of numerous Indian god and goddesses, or historic figures (for advertisements)