History & Civics
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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.
Related Questions
The Manchester Guardian was the first to publish a report on the massacre, eight months later on December 13, 1919. The headline of this report read: "An Astonishing Story From India."
Which massacre is being talked about in the above newspaper report? When and where did this massacre take place?Replace the underlined phrase with the correct option:
The objective of the Non-Cooperation Movement was to demobilise public opinion all over the country.
- to make the movement rare and unique.
- to provide an international base for Congress.
- to generate a wedge between Hindu-Muslim unity.
- to attain self-governance.
Assertion (A): Gandhiji called off the Non-Cooperation Movement in 1922.
Reason (R): An unruly crowd burnt down a police station at Chauri-Chaura in 1922.
- Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.
- Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
- A is true, but R is false.
- A is false, but R is true.
(a) Identify the event associated with the above-mentioned slogan.
(b) Why did the Indian leaders decide to boycott the event?