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-emplo...