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more than Rs. 50 (about 30 shillings) was
obliged to provide himself, his wife and
children with European clothes. Not being
able to obtain these by fair means, he was
compelled to have recourse to foul ones.
Bribery, theft and embezzlement became
common among government employees to
the misery of the people whose sufferings
increased daily with the introduction of the
"reforms". Strange orders were passed to
herald the new era. Common artisans,
bakers, cooks, fuel-sellers and drivers of
camels and donkeys were obliged to wear
European dress and disobedience was dealt
with severely. The police was ordered to
fine or else to chastise and even turn out
of the public gardens and the city those
who failed to comply with the new dress
laws.
Instances were not wanting when a
man or a woman, passing through the city
in non-European dress, was prosecuted by
the police several times and on each occasion
had to pay a fine. In one case a man paid
thirty such fines in the course of a single
day. As a result of this high-handedness
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