Name: Human Labour in the Era of Industrial Revolution
Uploaded: 2019-07-19
Duration: 5 min 22 s
Description: A machine can do in minutes what a man can do in hours. But are there any downsides? Let's take a look at the battle between man and machine.

Question

Identify the images given below and state why such images were used on cloth labels imported to India from Manchester.

Accepted Answer

The given images can be described as follows:

The first image depicts the Indian Gods, Kartika, Lakshmi, and Saraswati. The second image is of Maharaja Ranjit Singh of Punjab. The following images were used as labels on clothes manufactured in Manchester.

Labels were used in images as a mark of quality. The labels were used for buyers to feel confident about buying the cloth. Images of Gods and Godesses - Kartikeya, Lakshmi, and Saraswati were shown as imported cloth labels.

Similarly, Maharaja Ranjit Singh was seen as a respected figure which subsequently created respect for the product. These images were also used to make foreign made products familiar to the Indian population.

Identify the images given below and state why such images were used on cloth labels imported to India from Manchester.

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