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Why did Mahatma Gandhi adopt chaddar and loincloth as his dress?

  1. It was an easy to wear option.

  2. It was a popular mode of dress at the time.

  3. It could be made easily by one's own hands.

  4. It was a political statement against the European mode of dressing.

  5. It was what the poorest Indian could afford.
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This is the correct answer. Mahatma Gandhi adopted the dress of the poorest Indian. Wearing khadi became a symbol of nationalism and a rejection of mill-made clothes.

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