MILL in India was established in 1818 at Fort Gloster near Calcutta but it was a COMMERCIAL failure.The second cotton mill in India was established by KGN Daber in 1854 and was named BOMBAY Spinning and Weaving Company.In AHMEDABAD - also referred to as the ‘Manchester of India’ - the opening of Shahpur mill in 1861 and Calico mill in 1863 marked the city’s spectacular rise as one of the world’s prime cotton MANUFACTURING locales.