Tea Is 100% Swadeshi Advertisement, 1947
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Title
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Tea Is 100% Swadeshi Advertisement, 1947
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Description
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An Indian advertisement promoting tea as "Swadeshi," or 'of the country.' This was part of a greater movement for independence from the British, that encouraged consumption of Indian goods and support of Indian business interests. The spinning wheel relates to Gandhi's campaign for Indian-made cloth and clothes.
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Creator
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Anna Munshi, for the Indian Tea Market Expansion Bureau
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Source
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Lutgendorf, Philip. "Making tea in India: Chai,
capitalism, culture." Thesis Eleven 113, no. 1: 19. (2012).
Courtesy of the Urban History Documentation Archive, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta.
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Date
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1947
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Contributor
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Andie Mitchell
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Language
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English, Sanskrit
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Type
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Advertisement
