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The spinning wheel used by Mahatma Gandhi to make khadi was called ________.


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charkha
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sewing machine
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chapkan
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None of these
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Solution

The correct option is A charkha
Mahatma Gandhi made spinning on the charkha and the daily use of khadi, or coarse cloth made from homespun yarn, very powerful symbols. These were not only symbols of self-reliance but also of resistance to the use of British mill-made cloth.

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