During the 1960s, seven large mills in Ahmedabad shut down, and around 17,000 workers lost their jobs.

Mill No. 3 is one of the largest single mills constructed in the city.

Wages at some of the large mills worked out to be $1.50 to $2.00 a day.

This gave rise to large mills which helped to develop the area.

A number of large mills were opened in the 1780s.

The government plans to build a further 56 large pulping mills over the next 15 years.

Military uniforms were manufactured here for over 100 years in several large mills.

By 1932, seven of the town's largest mills had closed and unemployment reached 7,000.

The firm owned several large mills in the Manchester area.

Over the next 30 years the company flourished, as a number of large mills were built in the area.