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Correct Answer: Option (D) — Cotton, silk, saltpeter and opium
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Standard Reference VerifiedIn the mid-18th century, Bengal was a major commercial center from which the East India Company exported cotton textiles, raw silk, saltpeter (potassium nitrate, essential for gunpowder production in European wars), and opium.
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