The introduction of western style clothing in the 19th century in india meet with severe reactions in differnt ways . Support your answer with suitable arguments

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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 Westernstyle 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

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