Study the picture given here and answer the following questions:
(a) What was symbolised by the Charkha and Khadi in the National Movement?
(b) Give the meaning and impact of Swadeshi.
(c) Briefly describe another method used by Gandhiji in the struggle for independence.
(a) What was symbolised by the Charkha and Khadi in the National Movement?
(b) Give the meaning and impact of Swadeshi.
(c) Briefly describe another method used by Gandhiji in the struggle for independence.
a) He saw the Charkha as a symbol of a human society that would not glorify machines and technology. The spinning wheel, moreover, could provide the poor with supplementary income and make them self-reliant. Khaddar does not seek to destroy all machinery but it does regulate its use and check its weedy growth. It uses machinery for the service of the poorest in their own cottages. The wheel is itself an exquisite piece of machinery.
b) Swadeshi means producing necessary items in one's own country and using them for one's use without being dependent on imported goods. Gandhiji believed that the use of Swadeshi goods would make us self-sufficient and eliminate our dependence on imported goods. Shops selling foreign goods and liquor were picketed. Foreign cloth was burnt in market places. Charkhas were manufacture for the people to spin cloth.
c) Another method used by Gandhiji in the struggle for independence was Non-violence.
Doctrine of Non-Violence: For Gandhiji it meant avoiding injury to anything by thought, word or deed.
According to Gandhiji, non-violence is not a negative but a positive and active force. It is the virtue of the strong which requires benevolence and sympathy. Mahatma Gandhi set an example before the whole world of achieving freedom from the mighty British power through a non-violent struggle.
a) He saw the Charkha as a symbol of a human society that would not glorify machines and technology. The spinning wheel, moreover, could provide the poor with supplementary income and make them self-reliant. Khaddar does not seek to destroy all machinery but it does regulate its use and check its weedy growth. It uses machinery for the service of the poorest in their own cottages. The wheel is itself an exquisite piece of machinery.
b) Swadeshi means producing necessary items in one's own country and using them for one's use without being dependent on imported goods. Gandhiji believed that the use of Swadeshi goods would make us self-sufficient and eliminate our dependence on imported goods. Shops selling foreign goods and liquor were picketed. Foreign cloth was burnt in market places. Charkhas were manufacture for the people to spin cloth.
c) Another method used by Gandhiji in the struggle for independence was Non-violence.
Doctrine of Non-Violence: For Gandhiji it meant avoiding injury to anything by thought, word or deed.
According to Gandhiji, non-violence is not a negative but a positive and active force. It is the virtue of the strong which requires benevolence and sympathy. Mahatma Gandhi set an example before the whole world of achieving freedom from the mighty British power through a non-violent struggle.
