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Role of Khadi in India's Independence movement

Last updated on - Aug 8, 2022, 19:53 IST
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75 years of Independence

Mahatma Gandhi at the spinning wheel

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Jawaharlal Nehru and Mahatma Gandhi at a mass spinning event

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Gandhiji with the Gandhi Cap, 1919

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A photo showing young boys and girls spinning during a prayer meeting at the Sabarmati Ashram on the occasion of Gandhiji's birthday

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A tribal woman offering a Khadi cloth to Mahatma Gandhi during his Ramgarh Congress visit in 1940

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An old photograph showing Gandhiji at a Khadi exhibition

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Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Mohammad Yunus spinning with others, Allahabad, 1939

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Gandhiji's personal charkha at Sabarmati Ashram

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A cartoon showing how Mahatma Gandhi did not dress while meeting the king of England

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Women of the Leper colony spinning at Sevagram. Gandhiji strongly promoted spinning as an activity symbolizing self reliance

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