context: India's cotton-processing sector gradually declined during British expansion in India and the establishment of colonial rule during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. This was largely due to aggressive colonialist mercantile policies of the British East India Company, which made cotton processing and manufacturing workshops in India uncompetitive. Indian markets were increasingly forced to supply only raw cotton and, by British-imposed law, to purchase manufactured textiles from Britain.[citation needed]
question: ఏ శతాబ్దాల్లో బ్రిటిష్ పాలన భారతీయ పత్తి ఉత్పత్తిని ప్రభావితం చేసింది?
answers: late 18th and early 19th