A Solapur chaddar (lit: "Solapur blanket ") is a cotton blanket made in Solapur, a city in the Indian state of Maharashtra.
History
Solapur is known for its textile industry. The city once had Asia's largest
Cotton mill.
[ The development of the Loom weaving industry in Solapur seems to have commenced during the regime of the .][ There were numerous small independent artisan weavers in the industry. Each artisan-house had one or two looms which were generally handled by the head of the family. The family was the unit of work and the women and the children helped the weaver in preparatory processes and in some cases in dyeing also. The rise of the modern factory in India in the 1970s altered the organisation of the local hand-loom weaving industry.]
Export
Apart from Maharashtra, Solapuri Chaddar has demand in Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan within India, while it also has demand in United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, South Africa, United States, United Kingdom and Canada.[
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