Creative Program Khadi

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Rupmati Sahu
Abha Rupendra Pal

Abstract

Chhattisgarh has played an important role in the Indian national movement. Various movements during the freedom struggle affected Chhattisgarh which resulted in the communication of political consciousness in the region. In this episode, promotion of Gandhiji's creative program was also done at different places in Chhattisgarh. The chief of the creative program was Khadi. The use of charkha and khadi as a movement to infuse new life into the economy of the entire country was a unique experiment. Khadi became a symbol of unity of the whole country. It was an attempt to connect the people of the whole country with the freedom movement. Pt. Sundar Lal Sharma, who is called Gandhi of Chhattisgarh, made his special contribution in the establishment of Khadi Prasar and Khadi Ashram. Khadi became a mass movement in Chhattisgarh in which women and traders played a major part. The promotion of Khadi received wide public support in Raipur, Dhamtari, Bilaspur and Durg. Khadi-ashrams were established at all these places for the promotion of Khadi. Significant contribution was made by the traders, villagers and women of this region in the boycott of foreign clothes and promotion of indigenous goods and clothes and Khadi

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Sahu, R., & Pal, A. R. (2016). Creative Program Khadi. Mind and Society, 5(01), 72–77. Retrieved from https://mindandsociety.in/index.php/MAS/article/view/237
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