15 Facts about Gandhi ji's Khadi and charkha movement : 1. The khadi movement by Gandhiji aimed at boycotting foreign cloth and to promote rural self employment and self reliance instead of using cloth manufactured industrially in Britain. 2. khadi means the cloth that is hand spun and hand woven. 3.Gandhiji symbolizes khadi as symbol of nationalism and equality. It was his belief that reconstruction of society and effective satyagraha against foreign rule can be possible on through khadi. 4.Gandhiji started his movement for khadi in 1918. 5. The word 'Khadi' is derived from ‘khaddar’, a term for handspun fabric in India, Bangladesh and Pakistan. While khadi is usually manufactured from cotton, contrary to popular belief, it is also made from silk and woolen yarn . 6.In 1905 charkha became a symbol of the swadeshi movement. 7. The initial model of charkha was floor charkha. It was a simple wooden charkha that was placed on the groun...
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