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Retired Central Government Officer, at [CIRCOT), The Central Institute for Research on Cotton Technology, under ICAR. I worked in that reputed Institute, for 37 years and retired from service, after attaining my superannuation. I am a textile engineer. Wants to know the face of early textile mills in Manchester, Bombay [Mumbay] or even in USA. Of course, in Coimbatore and Ahmedabad as well !