Figure 1.--Here dad in the last yeats of the Raj took a family smapshot at the Goldfish Pond on the Taj Mahal grounds. Notice the boys' headwear. The photograph was taken March 7, 1931. Except for the hats, the boys are dressed just as they would have been in Britain.

British children in India, both boys and gils, were grnerally dressed as they might be in Britain with a few concessions to the tropical weather. There is no way of telling the portrait here was taken in India. British children did not wear Indian clothing which was more in tune with the tropical Indian climate. Thetwo communities duid not mix although Indians commonly worked in British househlds as servants and household staff. Younger children were cared for by Indian ayahs (nannies). And few Indians wore British clothing, especially in the 19th century and this did not change esprcially until after independence (1947). Warm weather fashions in the 19th century did not yet exist in Britain. More common were layers of clothing to keep warm. We see the same garments as in Britain. And the same changes over time as in Britain. Headwear seems to be one item that could be destinctly different.

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