<P> Bombay Spinning and Weaving Company was the first cotton mill to be established in Bombay, India on 7 July 1854 at Tardeo by Cowasjee Nanabhoy Davar (1815 - 73) and his associates . The Company was designed by Sir William Fairbaim . This mill began production on 7 February 1856 under the supervision of British engineers and skilled cotton operatives . </P>

The first modern textile mill was established at mumbai in 1854 by whom