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CBSE - History - Clothing: A Social History

Clothing: A Social History

Short Answer Type

How did Gandhiji use Khadi as a symbol of struggle against colonial rule? 

1. Gandhiji made spinning on charkha and the use of Khadi the symbol of struggle against the colonial rule.

2. He wanted to make khadi a national dress.

3. He believed that it would eradicate the feeling of casteism.

4.  The use of homespun Khadi was made the symbol of self reliance and a tool against the British textile mill clothes. 

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