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Hindi Wikipedia: the tufting machine was invented in the southern United States after WWII

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Collection: Tuft the World research brief: The Non-English Record
Publisher: Hindi Wikipedia
Themes: Global diffusion of tufting

View at the source Cited in chapter 10, note 19

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“Hindi Wikipedia: the tufting machine was invented in the southern United States after WWII.” Research note, Tuft the World research brief: The Non-English Record. hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A8.

Research notes

NOT CONFIRMED. The article exists, but the WWII / southern-US sentence wasn't found, and its archaic phrasing suggests it comes from a mid-century Hindi encyclopedia, so it may not be independent confirmation. Independent confirmation of the Western-origin account in Hindi. Citation check (Oct 2026, from search results; pages not opened): source not found. The Hindi Wikipedia article 'क़ालीन' exists and does use गुच्छित / tufted machine-carpet wording, but the specific WWII / 'southern United States' sentence did not appear in any search snippet. 'Independent confirmation' is doubtful: the archaic 'संयुक्त राष्ट्र (अमरीका)' phrasing suggests the text derives from the mid-century Hindi Vishwakosh, not independent research. This is unconfirmed. Source: क़ालीन – विकिपीडिया (Hindi Wikipedia, 'Carpet'). Found at: https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A8 Also: https://hiwiki.iiit.ac.in/index.php/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A8