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Kashmir Women Find Success In New Modification To An Ancient Tool
A delicate pashmina yarn holds promise for hundreds of women in Kashmir valley. Powered by a modified charkha, over 200 women spinners have ended the year 2022 with doubling their output and income.
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PM Modi Spins Charkha At 'Khadi Utsav' In Gujarat
Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the 'Khadi Utsav' event in Ahmedabad on Saturday. In a one of its kind event being held as part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, Khadi Utsav is being organised to pay tribute to khadi and its importance.
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PM Narendra Modi In, Mahatma Gandhi Out On Khadi Calendar. Government Defends It
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has replaced Mahatma Gandhi on the 2017 calendars of government's khadi enterprise in a move described by many in the opposition as "sacrilege".
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Mahatma Gandhi's Charkha Among 100 'Most Influential Photos Of All Time'
A 1946 picture of Mahatma Gandhi with his Charkha (spinning wheel) in the foreground is among the 100 most influential images of all time, according to a compilation by Time magazine of "images that changed the world."
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PM Modi Distributes 500 Charkhas To Women Spinners In Ludhiana
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today distributed 500 traditional wooden charkhas to women spinners belonging to the five local Khadi institutions.
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Bihar Government To Go For Branding Of Khadi Clothes
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said the Bihar government would go for branding of finer quality of khadi clothes made in the state to attract the "newer generation" through designer garments made of it.
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World's Largest Spinning Wheel Inaugurated At Delhi Airport
Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Kalraj Mishra today unveiled the world's largest charkha (spinning wheel) at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi.
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World's Largest 'Charkha' To Be On Display At Delhi Airport
The world's largest wooden Charkha (spinning wheel) proposed to be installed at Terminal 3 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport here is ready for dispatch from a unit of Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) in Ahmedabad.
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Mahatma Gandhi's 'charkha' sold for 110,000 pounds in UK
Mahatma Gandhi's foldable 'charkha' or spinning wheel has been sold for 110,000 at an auction house in England.
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Mahatma Gandhi's prison 'charkha' to be auctioned in UK
One of Mahatma Gandhi's most prized possessions, the charkha he used in Yerwada Jail, will go under the hammer at a prestigious British auction house on November 5 with the minimum bid set at 60,000 pounds.
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Kashmir Women Find Success In New Modification To An Ancient Tool
A delicate pashmina yarn holds promise for hundreds of women in Kashmir valley. Powered by a modified charkha, over 200 women spinners have ended the year 2022 with doubling their output and income.
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PM Modi Spins Charkha At 'Khadi Utsav' In Gujarat
Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the 'Khadi Utsav' event in Ahmedabad on Saturday. In a one of its kind event being held as part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, Khadi Utsav is being organised to pay tribute to khadi and its importance.
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PM Narendra Modi In, Mahatma Gandhi Out On Khadi Calendar. Government Defends It
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has replaced Mahatma Gandhi on the 2017 calendars of government's khadi enterprise in a move described by many in the opposition as "sacrilege".
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Mahatma Gandhi's Charkha Among 100 'Most Influential Photos Of All Time'
A 1946 picture of Mahatma Gandhi with his Charkha (spinning wheel) in the foreground is among the 100 most influential images of all time, according to a compilation by Time magazine of "images that changed the world."
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PM Modi Distributes 500 Charkhas To Women Spinners In Ludhiana
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today distributed 500 traditional wooden charkhas to women spinners belonging to the five local Khadi institutions.
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Bihar Government To Go For Branding Of Khadi Clothes
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said the Bihar government would go for branding of finer quality of khadi clothes made in the state to attract the "newer generation" through designer garments made of it.
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World's Largest Spinning Wheel Inaugurated At Delhi Airport
Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Kalraj Mishra today unveiled the world's largest charkha (spinning wheel) at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi.
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World's Largest 'Charkha' To Be On Display At Delhi Airport
The world's largest wooden Charkha (spinning wheel) proposed to be installed at Terminal 3 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport here is ready for dispatch from a unit of Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) in Ahmedabad.
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Mahatma Gandhi's 'charkha' sold for 110,000 pounds in UK
Mahatma Gandhi's foldable 'charkha' or spinning wheel has been sold for 110,000 at an auction house in England.
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Mahatma Gandhi's prison 'charkha' to be auctioned in UK
One of Mahatma Gandhi's most prized possessions, the charkha he used in Yerwada Jail, will go under the hammer at a prestigious British auction house on November 5 with the minimum bid set at 60,000 pounds.
