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(a) As a young boy, Mahatma Gandhi wore a shirt with a dhoti or pyijama and sometimes a coat. When he went to study law in London he dressed in western suits so he would not be laughed at. (b) Deciding that dressing 'unsuitably' was a powerful political statement, Gandhi appeared in Durban in 1913 clad in a lung; and kurto. He also shaved his head as a sign of mourning to protest against the shooting of Indian coal miners. (c) In 1915, he decided to dress like a Kathiawadi peasant. In 1921, he decided to adopt the short dhoti, a form of dress he wore till his death. (d) He consciously rejected the well-known clothes of the Indian ascetic and -adopted the dress of the poorest Indian. (e) Khadi to him was a sign of purity, simplicity and poverty. Wearing it became a symbol of nationalism and a rejection of western mill-made cloth. (f) He wore the short dhoti without a shirt when he went to England for the Round Table Conference in 1931. He refused to compromise and wore it even before King George V Buckingham Palace.
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