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Clothing: A Social History

Short Answer Type

Write about the dress code of Gandhiji in South Africa. 

1. After completing his education Gandhiji went to South Africa as a Lawyer.

2. There he continued to wear western dress.

3.  But he realized that clothing was a powerful symbol for struggle against colonial power.

4. In 1913 in Durban Gandhiji adopted Lungi and Kurta with his head shaved. 

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