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Coimbatore is popularly known as the Manchester of South India because of the large number of textile mills and textile units situated in and around the region.

Pongal is a rice dish in Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. It is offered to the Sun God on the seond day of Pongal- a four-days-long harvest festival celebrated in Tamil Nadu. It is a traditional occasion for giving thanks to nature, for celebrating the life cycles that give us grain.

Potatoes and chillies were introduced in India by the Portuguese during early 17th century and 15th century respectively. Both were originally from South America. The European sailors,  traders,  soldiers,  missionaries,  explorers  and  colonial officials  etc. introduced this crop in several countries in Asia-Pacific region.

The cotton textile industry was the first to gain momentum from the outburst of inventions. John Kay's flying shuttle speeded up the process of weaving and thus increased the demand for thread. James Hargreaves's spinning jenny and Crompton's spinning mule supplied the demand for thread. Cartwright's power loom improved weaving methods. Elias Howe invented the sewing machine. 

By the second decade of the twentieth century, weavers started using looms with a fly shuttle. This increased productivity per worker, speeded up production and reduced labour demand.

The cotton gin was developed in 1793, during the first Industrial Revolution.

The power loom was invented by Edmund Cartwright in 1785 and set up a factory in Doncaster, England to manufacture cloth. The power loom was a steam powered mechanically operated version of a regular loom, an invention that combined threads to make cloth.