NCERT Important Questions Class 9 Social Science History
Important NCERT Extra Questions
Clothing: A Social History,
NCERT Book Extra Questions for Session 2022-2023
CBSE Board and UP Board Others state Board
In what ways did the Indians react to the Western style of clothing?
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(i) Many Indian men started wearing Western style of clothes. The wealthy Parsis were the first to adopt Western style of clothing. Baggy trousers and hat were added to long collarless coats with boots and a stick to walk with.
(ii) There were others who felt that western style clothes would lead to loss of cultural identity.
(iii) Some men resolved to wear Western clothes without giving up their Indian ones. many of them wore Western style clothing for working outside and changed to more comfortable Indian clothes at home.