Angia (garment)

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Angia (angiya[1] or angi[2]) was a form of bodice of Indian origin. It was a type of garment used to cover the bosom that was tied at the back with strings.[3][4][5] It was also termed "Anggiya", "Anggiya" a garment that covers the entire upper body from the bust to the waist. Very short sleeves and waist length characterize Anggiya. It was made of fine cotton material like muslin. Anggiya was an item of clothing dating back to the 1800s. Women in India wore it beneath dresses such as Peshwaj.[6][7]

Francis Buchanan-Hamilton and Captain Medows Taylor assert that stitched garments such as the Anggiya, or bodice, did not exist prior to the Muslim invasions in India.[8]


Style[]

Angia was completely enclosed in front and is contoured to the bosom, On the backside, it was tied in two places: across the shoulder and below the bosom line.[4] Angia was a kind of breast-cloth, being short, tight, and typically without sleeves. Strings or ribbons were used to secure it from behind. It was worn by Hindu and Muslim women in the north of India.[1] Unlike other inner garments like a corset, Anggiya just covered the bosom without providing support. The garment was worn by both Hindus and Muslims.[9] It was a primitive version of the modern ladies' blouse.[10]

The Ahir woman in Haryana was easily identifiable by her lehnga (similar to ghagri but shorter), angia (blouse), and orhni.[3] In Punjab, they wore angia of colored cloth.[11]

Artwork[]

In a Johan Zoffany 1785 painting (that still survives today in the India Office Records in London), Fyze Palmer (Mughal wife Fyze Baksh) can be seen, barefoot and dressed in traditional Lucknavi court attire: "a magnificent saffron Peshwaz and dupatta over a brief angia."[12][13]

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References[]

  1. ^ a b Penzer, N. m (1924). Ocean Of Story Vol.2. Motilal Banarsidass. p. 50.
  2. ^ Dhir, V. P.; Bajaj, B. Raj (1976). Haryana district gazetteers: Karnal. Haryana Gazetteers Organisation, Chandigarh. p. 92.
  3. ^ a b A. BISWAS. INDIAN COSTUMES. pp. 127, 42.
  4. ^ a b The Edinburgh Review. A. and C. Black. 1867. p. 69.
  5. ^ Jukes, Andrew John (1900). Dictionary of the Jatki or Western Panjábi language. Religious Bk. & Tract Soc. p. 22.
  6. ^ Buchanan, Francis (1928). Account of the district of Purnea in 1809-10. p. 138.
  7. ^ Umair Mirza (1990-01-01). Historical Documents Of Eastern India. p. 104.
  8. ^ Watson, John Forbes (1867). The Textile Manufactures and the Costumes of the People of India. Allen. p. 58.
  9. ^ The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign India, China, and Australia. Parbury, Allen, and Company. 1839. p. 251.
  10. ^ Pradesh (India), Madhya (1971). Madhya Pradesh: Betul. Supplement. Government Central Press. p. 105.
  11. ^ Punjab District and State Gazetteers: Part A]. Compiled and published under the authority of the Punjab government. 1900. p. 87.
  12. ^ Dalrymple, William (2003). White Mughals : love and betrayal in eighteenth-century India. Internet Archive. New York : Viking. p. 397. ISBN 978-0-670-03184-9.
  13. ^ "BBC Four - Love and Betrayal in India: The White Mughal - A love story that broke the conventional boundaries of Empire". BBC. Retrieved 2022-01-12. A painting of General William Palmer and his Mughal wife Fyze Baksh, by Johann Zoffany.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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