9th Class Social Science Clothing: A Social History Important Dates - Clothing : A Social History

Clothing : A Social History

       IMPORTANT DATES

                     1789     -           Outbreak of the French Revolution

                     1829     -           The Travancore government forbade Shanar women from covering the upper parts of the body.

                     1830     -           English women began to agitate for democratic rights.

                     1855     -           Slavery was abolished in Travancore.

                      1859     -           Riots broke out and Shanar women were attacked

                      1862     -           Manockjee Cowasjee Entee defied the ‘shoe-respect’ rule

                       1905     -           Partition of Bengal

                       1913     -           Gandhiji first wore a lungi and kurta

                       1915     -           Gandhiji dressed like a Kathiawadi peasant

                      1921     -           Gandhiji adopted the short dhoti, a form of dress which he was to wear until his death

                       1931     -           Second Round Table Conference held