how did indian s react to the introduction of western style of clothing in india?
Dear student,
The introduction of western style clothing in the 19th century in India meet with severe reactions in different ways:
- men, began incorporating some elements of western-style clothing in their dress
- wealthy Parsis of western India were among the first to adapt Western-style clothing
- To some, Western clothes were a sign of modernity and progress
- Dalit converts to Christianity found Western-style clothing to be liberating
- for others Western style clothes was taken as a sign of the world turning upside down
- Some men wore Western clothes without giving up their Indian ones. They wore Western attire outside but at home wore Indian clothes.
- Some others attempted to combine Western and Indian forms of dressing