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Give two reasons why the cotton textile industry has been developed around Mumbai.

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Two reasons why the cotton textile industry has been developed around Mumbai are:

  1. The black cotton soil in the hinterland of Mumbai which provides cotton as basic raw material.
  2. Humid climate of shore-based Mumbai which is ideal for this industry as the thread does not break so easily.

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