(i) A nationalist feeling swept across India by the late 19th century. Indians began devising cultural symbols that would express the unity of the nation. (ii) Artists looked for a national style of art. Poets wrote national songs. Then a debate began over the design of the national flag. (iii) TheRead more
(i) A nationalist feeling swept across India by the late 19th century. Indians began devising cultural symbols that would express the unity of the nation.
(ii) Artists looked for a national style of art. Poets wrote national songs. Then a debate began over the design of the national flag.
(iii) The search for a national dress was part of this move to define the cultural identity of the nation in symbolic ways.
The Tagore family of Bengal experimented in the 1870s with designs for a national dress for- both men and women in India.
(i) Manockjee Cowasjee Entee, an assessor in Surat Fouzdaree Adalat, refused to take off his shoes in the court of the Sessions. Judge. (ii) The Judge insisted that he take off his shoes as that was the Indian way of showing respect to superiors. But Manockjee remained adamant. (iii) His entry was bRead more
(i) Manockjee Cowasjee Entee, an assessor in Surat Fouzdaree Adalat, refused to take off his shoes in the court of the Sessions. Judge.
(ii) The Judge insisted that he take off his shoes as that was the Indian way
of showing respect to superiors. But Manockjee remained adamant.
(iii) His entry was barred into the courtroom and he sent a letter of protest to the governor of Bombay.
(i) The most familiar image of Mahatma Gandhi is of him seated bare chested and in a short dhoti, by the spinning wheel. (ii) He made spinning on the charkha and the daily use of khadi or coarse cloth made from homespun yarn, very powerful symbols. (iii) They were not only symbols of self-reliance bRead more
(i) The most familiar image of Mahatma Gandhi is of him seated bare chested and in a short dhoti, by the spinning wheel.
(ii) He made spinning on the charkha and the daily use of khadi or coarse cloth made from homespun yarn, very powerful symbols.
(iii) They were not only symbols of self-reliance but also of resistance towards the use of British
mill-made cloth.
(i) In the late 1870s, Jnanadanandini Devi, wife of Saryendranath Tagore, the first Indian member of the ICS returned from Bombay to Calcutta. (ii) She adopted the Parsi style of wearing the sari pinned to the left shoulder with a brooch and worn with a blouse and shoes. (iii) This was quickly adoptRead more
(i) In the late 1870s, Jnanadanandini Devi, wife of Saryendranath Tagore, the first Indian member of the ICS returned from Bombay to Calcutta.
(ii) She adopted the Parsi style of wearing the sari pinned to the left shoulder with a brooch and worn with a blouse and shoes.
(iii) This was quickly adopted by the Brahmo Samaji women and came to be known as the Brahmika sari.
(i) The Tagore family of Bengal experimented with designs for a national dress, for both men and women in India. (ii) Rabindranath Tagore suggested that instead of combining Indian and European dress, India's national dress should combine elements of Hindu and Muslim dress. (iii) Thus, the chapkn (aRead more
(i) The Tagore family of Bengal experimented with designs for a national dress, for both men and women in India.
(ii) Rabindranath Tagore suggested that instead of combining Indian and European dress, India’s national dress should combine elements of Hindu and Muslim dress.
(iii) Thus, the chapkn (a long buttoned coat) was considered the most suitable dress for men.
why was national dress needed to define the cultural identity?
(i) A nationalist feeling swept across India by the late 19th century. Indians began devising cultural symbols that would express the unity of the nation. (ii) Artists looked for a national style of art. Poets wrote national songs. Then a debate began over the design of the national flag. (iii) TheRead more
(i) A nationalist feeling swept across India by the late 19th century. Indians began devising cultural symbols that would express the unity of the nation.
See less(ii) Artists looked for a national style of art. Poets wrote national songs. Then a debate began over the design of the national flag.
(iii) The search for a national dress was part of this move to define the cultural identity of the nation in symbolic ways.
The Tagore family of Bengal experimented in the 1870s with designs for a national dress for- both men and women in India.
What is the famous case of defiance of the shoe respect, rule in a Surat courtroom?
(i) Manockjee Cowasjee Entee, an assessor in Surat Fouzdaree Adalat, refused to take off his shoes in the court of the Sessions. Judge. (ii) The Judge insisted that he take off his shoes as that was the Indian way of showing respect to superiors. But Manockjee remained adamant. (iii) His entry was bRead more
(i) Manockjee Cowasjee Entee, an assessor in Surat Fouzdaree Adalat, refused to take off his shoes in the court of the Sessions. Judge.
See less(ii) The Judge insisted that he take off his shoes as that was the Indian way
of showing respect to superiors. But Manockjee remained adamant.
(iii) His entry was barred into the courtroom and he sent a letter of protest to the governor of Bombay.
How did Mahatma Gandhi use khadi as a national symbol?
(i) The most familiar image of Mahatma Gandhi is of him seated bare chested and in a short dhoti, by the spinning wheel. (ii) He made spinning on the charkha and the daily use of khadi or coarse cloth made from homespun yarn, very powerful symbols. (iii) They were not only symbols of self-reliance bRead more
(i) The most familiar image of Mahatma Gandhi is of him seated bare chested and in a short dhoti, by the spinning wheel.
See less(ii) He made spinning on the charkha and the daily use of khadi or coarse cloth made from homespun yarn, very powerful symbols.
(iii) They were not only symbols of self-reliance but also of resistance towards the use of British
mill-made cloth.
How was the Brahmika sari designed?
(i) In the late 1870s, Jnanadanandini Devi, wife of Saryendranath Tagore, the first Indian member of the ICS returned from Bombay to Calcutta. (ii) She adopted the Parsi style of wearing the sari pinned to the left shoulder with a brooch and worn with a blouse and shoes. (iii) This was quickly adoptRead more
(i) In the late 1870s, Jnanadanandini Devi, wife of Saryendranath Tagore, the first Indian member of the ICS returned from Bombay to Calcutta.
See less(ii) She adopted the Parsi style of wearing the sari pinned to the left shoulder with a brooch and worn with a blouse and shoes.
(iii) This was quickly adopted by the Brahmo Samaji women and came to be known as the Brahmika sari.
What kind of dresses were devised for men and women by Tagore?
(i) The Tagore family of Bengal experimented with designs for a national dress, for both men and women in India. (ii) Rabindranath Tagore suggested that instead of combining Indian and European dress, India's national dress should combine elements of Hindu and Muslim dress. (iii) Thus, the chapkn (aRead more
(i) The Tagore family of Bengal experimented with designs for a national dress, for both men and women in India.
See less(ii) Rabindranath Tagore suggested that instead of combining Indian and European dress, India’s national dress should combine elements of Hindu and Muslim dress.
(iii) Thus, the chapkn (a long buttoned coat) was considered the most suitable dress for men.