KHADI-FABRIC THAT BROUGHT REVOLUTION IN INDIA
KHADI-FABRIC THAT BROUGHT REVOLUTION IN INDIA
As rightly told
by Mahatma Gandhi Ji:
“If we have KHADI spirit in us,
then we should surround ourselves with simplicity in every walk of life.”
Khadi
is not just a fabric or cloth, it is a revolution, a story of India fight
against freedom, a symbol of India’s Freedom.
The
Khadi Movement, was started by Ghandhiji, to promote an idea of freedom among
the hearts and minds of Indian People that the Indians can become self-reliant
on cotton and be free from foreign cloth and clothing.
British
used to buy cotton from India at cheap price and export them to Britain where
it was woven to make clothes. Those clothes were send imported back to India and
used to be sold at a very high price.
The
Khadi Movement was introduced by Gandhiji to boycott the foreign goods
including cotton to promote Indian goods so as to improve the India’s economy. Under
this movement he starting promoting spinning of khadi for rural self-reliance
and self-employement, which made khadi a vital part and palyed like an icon for
the swadeshi movement.
Khadi
is also known as khaddar. It is usually referred to a rough textured fabric.
In
India, Khadi refers to handwoven and hand spun cloth. Weavers prefer the yarn
produced by Mills because it is more robust and of consistent quality.
Khadi
is made by hand in homes in Indian villages, using a cotton yarn spun on a
wheel, or "charkha". Some varieties of Khadi fabric use silk or
woolen yarns depending on the region where it is spun. This is a wonderful
fabric that is woven with the utmost respect to the environment and can be used
in summer or in winter
Process of weaving khadi fabric:
Firstly cotton is cultivated from the fields.
After that cotton fibre is separated by hand using a fine comb to prepare the fibre for spinning.
Then the fibre is cleaned to remove the left over dirt.
Finally the fabric is dyed, washed and cleaned as is ready to use.
India:
In
2017, a total of 460,000 people were employed in industries making khadi
products. Production and sales rose by 31.6% and 33% in 2017 over the 2016
figures after the multi-spindle charkas were introduced to enhance
the productivity by replacing the single-spindle charkas. In
2019 it was reported that overall khadi sales in India have risen by 28% in the
5 period preceding 2018-2019. The revenues from Khadi in the last financial
year have been 3215 crores and the KVIC has set a target of 5000 crore by 2020.
Various states have boards and/or cooperative societies for the khadi
production, promotion, sales and marketing, such as Haryana Khadi and
Village Industries Board, Andhra Pradesh State Handloom Weavers
Cooperative Society, Gujarat State Handloom and Handicrafts Development
Corporation Ltd, Jharkhand Silk Textile and Handicraft Development
Corporation, and Tamil Nadu Handloom Weavers' Cooperative Society.
Additionally, several institutes are involved in the research and training in
this area, such as Indian Institute of Handloom Technology, Indian
Institute of Handloom Technology, Champa and Institute of Handloom
and Textile Technology. Handicrafts and Handlooms Export Corporation of
India is focused on popularising khadi overseas. NGOs involved in khadi
are Rehwa Society.
“Let
us Buy atleast one product of Khadi Fabric and help light a lamp of Diwali in
the homes of the poor.”
-Narendra
Modi
References
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khadi
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