Important Personalities - Clothing : A Social History
Category : 9th Class
Clothing : A Social History
IMPORTANT PERSONALITIES
- Sir M. Visveswaraya. A leading engineer technocrat, he was the Dewan of the Mysore state from 1912 to 1918. He often wore a turban with his three-piece western suit.
- Governor General Amherst. During his tenure in India, he insisted that Indians take their shoes off as a sign of respect when they appeared before him.
- Lord Dalhousie. He insisted that Indians take off their shoes when entering any government institution.
- Manockjee Cowasjee Entee. An assessor in the Surat Fouzdarec Adawlut who defied the 'shoe-respect' rule. »
- Rabindranath Tagore. His belief that India's national dress should combine elements of Hindu and European dress led to the adoption ofchapkan (a long buttoned coat) as being regarded as most suitable for men.
- Jnanadanandini Devi. She was the wife of Satyandranath Tagore, the first Indian member of the I.C.S. She adopted the Parsi style of wearing the sari which was later adopted by Brahmo Samaj women and came to be known as the Brahmika sari.
- Lord Curzon. In 1905, partitioned Bengal and this led to the Swadeshi and Boycott movement.
- Mahatma Gandhi. He used cloth as a symbolic weapon against British rule.
- Motilal Nehru. A successful barrister who gave up wearing western clothes and adopted the Indian dhoti and kurta.
