The idea of starting factory production of cotton cloth and yarn in India took shape during the first two decades of the 19th century. The first cotton mill in India was established in Kolkata in 1818. The second cotton mill came into existence in 1830 in Bengal. The industry however found its most generous home in western India and especially in Mumbai. The first cotton textile mill called the Bombay Spinning and Weaving mill came into existence in Mumbai in February 1856. The Indian textile industry consists of traditional handloom sector with prim active technology, power loom sector which is a technologically improved form of handlooms and com posited mill sector with its advanced technology.