What is the English terminology used for the hand-weaving instrument ‘ THAKLI’ ? This instrument was widely used in India during the pre-independence period.
Story is that : during the British colonization on India, a Lord Mount Battent is supposedly made his soldiers cut the thumbs of Indian young girls just to prevent advanced hand weaving of India to make room for mechanized textile production.
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