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Clothing : A Social History
Describe the movement for rational dress reform.
Mrs Amelia Bloomer, an American, was the first dress reformer to launch loose tunics worn over ankle-length trousers. The trousers were known as ‘bloomers’, ‘rationals’, or ‘knickerbockers’. The Rational Dress Society was started in England in 1881, but did not achieve significant results. It was the First World War that brought about radical changes in women’s clothing.
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Winston Churchill described Mahatma Gandhi as a ‘Seditious Middle Temple Lawyer’ now posing as a half naked fakir’. What provoked such a comment and what does it tell you about the symbolic strength of Mahatma Gandhiji’s dress?
Why did Mahatma Gandhi’s dream of clothing the nation in khadi appeal only to some sections of Indians?
What is a Takli?
What is Charkha?
What was a phenta?
Which wars transformed women’s clothing?
Which leader preached use of Khadi clothes for all Indians?
Which British Viceroy ordered the partition of Bengal?
Who invented the Gandhi topi?
Which prominent lawyer from Allahabad gave up western clothes and adopted Dhoti-kurta?
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