khadi


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Noun1.khadi - a coarse homespun cotton cloth made in India
cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"
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He added that with khadi having a unique quality of being warm in winters and cool in summers, it is India's gift to the world as a hand-woven luxury.
The show promoted khadi materials as a tribute to Gandhi's ideal of using Swadeshi material.
Bauchi State Government has been dragged to court by the estate of a retired High Court Judge, Late Justice Bala Umar, Khadi Hamidu Gambo Bununu, Khadi Mohammed Shua'ibu and the Estate of Late Khadi Ibrahim Mohammed Liman, over nonpayment of their entitlements several years after they retired from service.
New Delhi: Passengers on Air India's international routes will continue to receive Khadi amenity kits.
Tribesmen of Khyber Agency have alleged police officer of Akbarpura Police Station Nowshera district of abducting Abdullah Afridi and Khadi Khan Afirdi from a Hujra and implicated them in fake case of having six kg hashish.
Gandhi has specific purpose in developing khadi and hand-woven clothes.
by PTI Ahead of Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday pitched for taking forward the movement to popularise Khadi, which he said was not a fabric but an "idea".
KHADI Village Industries Commission ( KVIC) signed an agreement with Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail on Tuesday to launch shirts and jackets under its brand Peter England by the end of this year.
Seeking to promote use of indigenous fabric, national carrier Air India has decided to use the natural and eco-friendly khadi products for its international flights and has placed order worth Rs 1.21 crore with the Khadi and Village Industries Commission for getting 25,000 units of amenity kits.
For women's wear, Gaurang created anarkalis, lehengas, shararas, ghagras, saris and khadi dupattas were added to complete the ethnic look.
Secretary Industries Aziz Ahmad Bilour is likely to inaugurate the stall on Saturday under the pilot project of Khadi Crafts Development Company of Ministry of Industries, Shaista Sohail, Joint Secretary, told APP on Friday.