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CBSE - History - Clothing: A Social History

Clothing: A Social History

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What was the shoe respect case? Why was it opposed by the Indians? 

1. During Governor- Generalship of Lord Dalhousie, Indians were made to take off their shoes when entering any government institution.  

2. But Europeans were exempted from following this rule. This was shoe respect case.

3. Indians were not happy with this. In 1862 M. C. Entee refused to take off the shoes in the court.  

4. Indians urged that they take off their shoes while entering temples and home because there was the possibility of dirt and filth

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