1. As a boy from a Gujarati family, he usually wore a shirt with a dhiti or pyjama and sometimes a coat.

2. When he went to London to study law at the age of 19, he dressed himself in the western dress.

3. When he returns from London, he continued to wear western suits, topped with a turban.

4. As a lawyer in South Africa, he still wore the western dress. In Durban in 1913, Gandhi first appeared in a Lungi and Kurta with his head shaved.

5. On his return to India in 1915, he decided to dress like a Kathiawadi peasants. In 1921, he adopted short dhoti, the form of dress which he wore till his death.