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What was symbolised by the Charkha and Khadi in the National Movement?
Mahatma Gandhi
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- Mahatma Gandhi saw the Charkha as a symbol of a human society that would not glorify machines and technology.
- The spinning wheel, moreover, could provide the poor with supplementary income and make them self-reliant.
- Khadi does not seek to destroy all machinery but it does regulate its use and check its weedy growth.
- It uses machinery for the service of the poorest in their own cottages.
- The wheel is itself an exquisite piece of machinery.
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