Jasleen dhamija biography of christopher

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    • Jasleen Dhamija

    Indian art historian (–)

    Jasleen Dhamija ( – 4 March ) was an Indian textile art historian, crafts expert and United Nations worker.[1] Based in Delhi, she was best known for her pioneering research on the handloom and handicraft industry, especially history of textiles and costumes.[2][3] She was professor of living cultural traditions at the University of Minnesota.[4] Over the years, during her career as a textile revivalist and scholar, she authored several books on textiles, including Sacred Textiles of India ().[2][5]

    Background

    Dhamija was born in ,[6] and grew up in Abbottabad, in the North Western Frontier Province, before her family migrated to Delhi in , where they lived in Khyber Pass locality of Civil Lines, Delhi. She graduated from Miranda House, University of Delhi.[6][7]

    Dhamija died on 4 March [8]

    Career

    Dhamija started her career in