Question

The experiment with swadeshi gave mahatma gandhi important ideas about using cloth as a symbolic weapon against british rule.support this statement with any five stable facts

Answer 1

The experiment with Swadeshi gave Gandhi important ideas about using cloth as a symbolic weapon against British rule. These can be described as follows:

1. Clothing became a symbol of self- reliance.

2. It allowed Gandhi to be identified with the poor masses of India whom he was representing.

3. The Khadi became a symbol of nationalism.

4. Clothing became a way to resist foreign rule as was demonstrated by boycott of British cloth.

5. Wearing home-spun cloth also became a symbol of protest against the economic oppression of foreign rule.