1. SHAMPOO EMPIRE.
- Author
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Datta, Arunima
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HAIR washing , *BRITISH occupation of India, 1765-1947 , *POVERTY , *BATHING accessories ,MUGHAL Empire - Abstract
The article focuses on art of shampooing travelled from British India to the Empire's heart Britain and Indian immigrant, Sake Dean Mahomed. It mentions expansion facilitated the movement of both the colonisers and colonised across the world and Mahomed explained how his family was pushed into abject poverty after the defeat of the Mughals by the British in India. It also mentions medical benefits of ‘shampooing' received considerable publicity and bathing industry.
- Published
- 2020