Khadi

The Indian subcontinent is often believed to be the original home of cotton, where it is thought to have started in the agricultural era about 8000 years ago. The term Khadi refers to hand-spun and hand-woven cotton fabrics, though the formal use of this word started much later after the advent of Mahatma Gandhi on the Indian scene. There are two reasons that Gandi vigorously advocated...
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