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Khadi became a symbol of nationalism.

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The above statement is true.
Gandhiji portrayed khadi as a sign of unity, fair treatment, and self-reliance. He felt it was only necessary to rebuild Satyagraha and succeed against Khadi's international domination. A spinning wheel symbolises the poverty and backwardness of India at one time. Mahatma Gandhi used khadi as a national symbol because: the khadi represents cleanliness, simplicity, poverty, chastity, and sincerity; the symbol of nationalism is also to wear khadi; they do not commit to self-rule, nor oppose the use of cloth from the British factory. Mahatma Gandhi started the nationalist movement in the struggle for liberation from British rule by urging people to boycott imported textiles and use only hand-woven and Khadi textiles. It is a symbol of popular nationalism. In the middle of the flag adopted by the Indian National Congress in 1931, the charkha, spread with vermilion cotton yarn, has become a symbol representing India.

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