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  2. Madras (cloth) - Wikipedia

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    Samples of cloth showing many typical Madras patterns. Madras is a lightweight cotton fabric with typically patterned texture and tartan design, used primarily for summer clothing such as pants, shorts, lungi, dresses, and jackets. The fabric takes its name from the former name of the city of Chennai in south India. [1]

  3. Ramraj Cotton - Wikipedia

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    Ramraj Cotton is an Indian ethnic wear brand and it is a brainchild of K. R. Nagarajan. Ramraj stepped into the textile business, predominantly selling white cotton shirts and dhotis . Ramraj Cotton has gained substantial market shares in the textile industry and gained a reputation as a market leader in the ethnic wear industry.

  4. History of clothing in the Indian subcontinent - Wikipedia

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    History of clothing in the Indian subcontinent can be traced to the Indus Valley civilization or earlier. Indians have mainly worn clothing made up of locally grown cotton . India was one of the first places where cotton was cultivated and used even as early as 2500 BCE during the Harappan era.

  5. Madras (costume) - Wikipedia

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    A traditional four-piece costume. The Wob Dwyiet (or Wobe Dwiette), a grand robe worn by the earlier French settlers. The madras is the traditional pattern of the women and girls of Dominica and St. Lucia, and its name is derived from the madras cloth, a fabric used in the costume.

  6. File:Patchwork madras fabric, made from Indian cotton madras ...

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    English: Patchwork Madras or Patchwork Plaid Fabric, made of Indian cotton, in the city of Madras, India, by cutting and sewing together, squares of madras plaid cloth. Date 4 November 2019, 13:58:06

  7. 'This is living history:' Boarding school past marked by ...

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    Sep. 30—TRAVERSE CITY — Today's national remembrance for Indian Boarding Schools — known as Orange Shirt Day — commemorates the children lost to the residential school system and honors ...

  8. Clothing in India - Wikipedia

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    India also has a great diversity [1] in terms of weaves, fibers, colors, and the material of clothing. Sometimes, color codes are followed in clothing based on the religion and ritual concerned. The clothing in India also encompasses a wide variety of Indian embroidery, prints, handwork, embellishments, and styles of wearing clothes. A wide mix ...

  9. Madras Day - Wikipedia

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    Madras Day is a festival organised to commemorate the founding of the city of Madras in Tamil Nadu, India. It is celebrated on 22 August every year, 22 August 1639 being the widely agreed date for the purchase of the village of Madraspatnam or Chennapatnam by East India Company factors Andrew Cogan and Francis Day from Damarla Venkatadri Nayaka ...