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CBSE - History - Clothing: A Social History

Clothing: A Social History

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Who was Jnanadanandini Devi? How did the Brahmika sari come into being? 

1. Jnanadanandini Devi, wife of Satyendranath Tagore, the first Indian member of the ICS, returned from Bombay to Calcutta.

2. Brahimika sari came into being when Jnanadanandini Devi’s Parsi style of wearing the sari pinned to the left shoulder with brooch and worn with a blouse.

3. Shoes ware quickly adapted by the Brahmo samaj.

4. This style of sari worn by Brahmo Samaji Women came to be known as the Brahamika Sari. 

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