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{{short description|Hand-spun cloth from the Indian Subcontinent, usually made out of cotton}}
{{About||the Pakistani multinational clothing brand|Khaadi}}
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[[File:Blue khadi kurta.jpg|thumb|A blue khadi [[kurta]].]]
'''Khadi''' ({{IPA-hns|kʰaːdiː|pron}}, {{transliteration|hns|ISO|Khādī}}), derived from '''khaddar''',<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-08-03|title=Khadi, Khāḍi, Khādi: 10 definitions|url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/khadi|access-date=2020-10-26|website=www.wisdomlib.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=wplly|date=2019-04-19|title=The Origin of Khadi Fabric {{!}} Historical Story of Khadi|url=https://khadicotton.com/origin-of-khadi-fabric/|access-date=2020-10-26|website=Khadi Cotton|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Khadi {{!}} Definition of Khadi by Oxford Dictionary on Lexico.com also meaning of Khadi|url=https://www.lexico.com/definition/khadi|access-date=2020-10-26|website=Lexico Dictionaries {{!}} English|language=en}}</ref> is a hand-spun and woven [[natural fibre]] cloth promoted by [[Mahatma Gandhi]] as [[Swadeshi movement|swadeshi]] (self-sufficiency) for the freedom struggle of the [[Indian subcontinent]], 'Khadi' term is used throughout [[India]], [[Pakistan]] and [[Bangladesh]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thebetterindia.com/95608/khadi-history-india-gandhi-fabric-freedom-fashion/|title=The Fascinating History of the Fabric That Became a Symbol of India's Freedom Struggle|date=12 April 2017|work=The Better India|access-date=8 August 2017|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=khadidef1>[http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/cons-products/garments-/-textiles/how-khadi-is-getting-a-new-spin/articleshow/60038695.cms "Freedom@70: How Khadi is getting a new spin."], ''[[The Economic Times]]'', 13 August 2017.</ref>
The first piece of the hand-woven cloth was manufactured in the [[Sabarmati Ashram]] during 1917-18. The coarseness of the cloth led Gandhi to call it 'khadi'.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Peter|last=Gonsalves|url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=dQiUbIgAAAAJ&hl=en|title='Clothing Choices in Gandhi's Swadeshi Movement' Gandhi Marg. Vol. 37 (1).|year=2015}}</ref>
The cloth is usually hand spun and woven from [[cotton]]. However, it may also include [[silk]] or [[wool]], which are all spun into yarn on a [[spinning wheel]] called a ''[[Spinning wheel#Charkha|charkha]]''. It is a versatile fabric, cool in summer and warm in winter. In order to improve its looks, khādī/khaddar is sometimes [[starch]]ed to give it a stiffer feel. It is widely accepted in various fashion circles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://getcopaycom.ipage.com/khadi.html|title=Khadi|website=getcopaycom.ipage.com}}</ref>
Popular dresses are made using khadi cloth such as [[dhoti]], [[kurta]], and [[handloom saree]]s such as [[Puttapaka Saree]], [[Kotpad Handloom fabrics]], [[Chamba Rumal]], [[Tussar silk]] etc. [[Gajam Anjaiah]], an Indian master [[handloom]] designer and a recipient of the [[Padma Shri]], is known for his innovation and development of [[tie-dye]] handloom products along with the Telia Rumal technique of weaving products based on the [[Ikat]] process.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://old.tehelka.com/padma-awards-to-rajesh-khanna-sharmila-tagore-rahul-dravid/ |title=Padma awards to Rajesh Khanna, Sharmila Tagore, Rahul Dravid |work=Tehelka |date=25 January 2013 |access-date=15 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.indiatimes.com/more-from-india/padma-awards-list-of-awardees-57530.html|title=Padma Awards: List of Awardees|work=The Times of India|date=26 January 2013|access-date=15 February 2018}}</ref>

==History==
[[Fernand Braudel]], a French historian, has mentioned that India became a world textile leader until the 19th century because it started early. Weaving skills existed since the [[Bronze Age]] period and cotton cultivation and processing began during [[Indus Valley Civilization]] period. [[Greco-Roman]] merchants imported finer cotton in large quantities to [[Roman Empire]]. In medieval times, cotton textiles were imported to Rome through “[[maritime Silk Road]]”. [[Arabian]]-[[Surat]] merchants traded cotton textiles to [[Basra]], [[Baghdad]] from three areas of Gujarat, the [[Coromandel Coast]] and East Coast of India especially the [[Ganges Valley]] of [[Bengal]] also it arrived [[Makkah]] via [[Hajj]] pilgrims. To the east, trade reached to China via Java. 14th century Moroccan traveler [[Ibn Battuta]] has mentioned Delhi Sultan [[Muhammad bin Tughluq]] sending five varieties of cloth to the Yuan emperor in China.<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Our Story of Dhaka Muslin |first=Khademul|last=Islam|url=https://www.aramcoworld.com/Articles/May-2016/Our-Story-of-Dhaka-Muslin|magazine=Aramco World|access-date=1 June 2016}}</ref> Such was the fame of these exotic textiles from Indian subcontinent that they have been treasured in repositories of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://collections.vam.ac.uk/search/?q=Khadi |title=Collections Search: Khadi |website=Victoria and Albert Museum}}</ref>

These artifacts were either diplomatic gifts or were purchased from [[East India Company]] EIC or smuggled, such is their uniqueness that they are still displayed along with gems and jewellery in world class museums. By 1830, Great Britain became world leader in Cotton textile displacing India which completely forgot its legacy as if it never existed. Why and how it happened were outcomes of [[Calico Acts]], [[Imperialism]] and [[Industrial Revolution]]. Had there been a free India, they would have resisted and once blooming textile centers became ghost towns.

[[File:A Signage at Kochi to promote the usage of Khadi and handloom based products.JPG|thumb|A signage kept at Kochi with an appeal to the citizens to use Khadi/handloom based wear.|alt=Khadi is also known as khaddar]]
[[File:Gandhi spinning.jpg|thumb|Gandhi spinning]]
[[File:While addressing his followers, Gandhi spins by hand.jpg|thumb|Gandhi spins by hand while addressing his followers]]
[[File:Secretary Kerry looks at Gandhi's bed, desk, and dpinning wheel during visit to Sabarmati Ashram.jpg|thumb|Mohandas Gandhi's bedroom, bed, desk, and spinning wheel in the [[Sabarmati Ashram]]]]
East India Company allowed first cotton mill to be opened in 1818 in Calcutta which was a failure. The second cotton mill's permission was obtained by KGN Daber in 1854 and was named Bombay Spinning and Weaving Company thereafter Shahpur mill in 1861 and Calico mill in 1863 were opened in Ahmedabad.
{{blockquote|After First Indian War of Independence in 1857,
domestic textile production by mill or by traditional methods declined to its lowest levels and then 'Khadi' emerged as "silent economic revolution" by an outcome of a long and laborious evolutionary process.<ref>The Story of Silent Economic Revolution 1958 Bombay, KVIC</ref>}} [[American Civil War]] (1861-1865) caused raw cotton crisis in [[Cottonopolis]] Britain. Indian cotton at cheap prices was sourced for them as textile industry didn't exist in India and hand spinning was a dying art. During Victorian rule (1837-1901) of [[Colonial India|colonial era]] 47 mills existed in the 1870s but still Indians were buying clothes at an artificially inflated price, since the [[British Raj|colonial government]] exported the raw materials for cloth to British fabric mills, then re-imported the finished cloth to India.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Pakistan/P8Ee8RaSlUUC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22british+raj%22+selling+clohth+high+cost&pg=PA8&printsec=frontcover|isbn = 9780778793472|title = Pakistan: The People|year = 2003|publisher = Crabtree Publishing Company}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J-6hDwAAQBAJ&q=india+british+cloth+high+prices&pg=PA55|title=Constitutional Development & National Movement in India|first=Aggarwal R. C. /Bhatnagar|last=Mahesh|date=27 July 2005|publisher=S. Chand Publishing|isbn=9788121905657|via=Google Books}}</ref> In Edwardian era(1901-1914) [[Swadeshi movement]] of boycotting foreign cloth remained prominent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chandrakantalrks.org/khadi/Historical-Background-Khadi.html|title=Historical background of Khadi|website=chandrakantalrks.org|access-date=8 August 2017}}</ref> During the first two decades of the twentieth Century it was backed by [[Indian nationalism|Nationalist politicians]] and Indian mill owners. {{blockquote|[[Mahatma Gandhi|Mohandas Gandhi]], touched by the plight of farmers at [[Champaran Satyagraha]] and Kheda Satyagrah focused the Swadeshi movement on hand spinning and quoted: "It is the immediately practicable supplementary occupation that can be offered to vast mass of the population that is starving or half fed in consequence of abject poverty and enforced labour for nearly half the year".<ref>Khadi Guide 1927 Ahmedabad, All India Spinner Association</ref>}} In 1922, Gandhi asserted Indian National Congress (INC) to start Khadi Department for spinning activities. In 1924, due to huge work a semi-independent body All India Khadi Board (AIKB) was formed which liaisoned with INC Khadi Department at provincial and district levels. In 1925, All India Spinner Association (AISA) was formed comprising Khadi Department and AIKB. Mahatma Gandhi was the founder of AISA, later Jwaharlal Nehru and Rajinder Prashad remained in its executive board. He made it obligatory for all members of the Indian National Congress to spin cotton themselves and to pay their dues in yarn. Mahatma Gandhi collected large sums of money to create grass-root level khadi institutions to encourage spinning and weaving which were certified by AISA. This was called the 'khaddar' or 'Khadi' movement.<ref name="TN25">{{cite book|last=Selin|first=Helaine|title=Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicines in Non- Western Cultures|year=1997|publisher=Kluwer Academic Publishers|location=The Netherlands|isbn=978-0792340669|page=961|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=raKRY3KQspsC&pg=PA961}}</ref> Handspun yarn was expensive and of poor quality and weavers preferred yarn produced by mills because it was more robust and consistent in quality. Gandhi argued that the mill owners would deny handloom weavers an opportunity to buy yarn because they would prefer to create a monopoly for their own cloth.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://theculturetrip.com/asia/india/articles/the-story-of-khadi-indias-fabric/|title=The Story Of Khadi, India's Signature Fabric|last=Sinha|first=Sangita|work=Culture Trip|access-date=8 August 2017|language=en-US}}</ref> When some people complained about the costliness of khadi to Mahatma Gandhi, he started wearing only [[dhoti]] though he used wool shawls when it got cold. Some were able to make a reasonable living by using high quality mill yarn and catering to the luxury market. Mahatma Gandhi tried to put an end to this practice. He even threatened to give up khadi altogether if he didn't get his way. However, since the weavers would have starved if they listened to Gandhi, nothing came of this threat.<ref name=khad1/> In 1919 Mahatma Gandhi himself started spinning at Mani Bhawan Mumbai and encouraging others to do so. He invented Patti Charkha, using a double-wheel design to increase speed and control, while it reduced size. It represented probably the first conscious use of the principle of "intermediate technology." Later by 1946 when huge funds were being spent on development for more productive charkhas, he recommended takli over charkha.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Charkha Master A Meeting with Narayan Desai|first=Mark|last=Shepard|url=https://etradinglines.com/InfoBase/spinning/charkha-master}}</ref> {{blockquote|The [[Indian Independence Movement|freedom struggle]] revolved around the use of khādī fabrics and the dumping of foreign-made clothes.In 1921 chakri ([[spinning wheel]]) became the symbol of the [[Indian flag]].}}

The movement for Khadi began in 1918. The movement was marked with its own changing dynamics. While initially, a clear emphasis could be seen on using Khadi as a medicine to the masses ridden with poverty due to economic stagnation, from 1934 onwards the fabric became something that the village people could use for themselves. It was no longer seen only as a commodity for sale to bring economic prosperity. The meaning became more humble. In 1942-43, right after coming out of the prison, his ideology behind Khadi became that of making the fabric useful for the villagers themselves. His ideas came out clearly by 1944, when he left no stone unturned to bring this change into effect.<ref>{{Cite book|first=M.K|last=Gandhi|title=Gandhiji on Khadi|url=https://www.mkgandhi.org/ebks/gandhijionkhadi.pdf|publisher=Navajivan Publishing House|year=1955}}</ref>
{{blockquote| Mahatma Gandhi began promoting the spinning of khadi for rural self-employment and self-reliance (instead of mill manufactured) in the 1920s, thus making khadi an integral part and an icon of the Swadeshi movement.<ref name=khad1/><ref>{{cite journal| title=Spinning for India's Independence|first1=Theodore M.|last1=Brown|first2=Elizabeth|last2=Fee|date=1 January 2008|journal=American Journal of Public Health|volume=98|issue=1|page=39|doi=10.2105/AJPH.2007.120139|pmid=18048775|pmc=2156064}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1900_1999/gandhi/spinning/spinning.html|title=spinning|first=Frances|last=Pritchett|website=columbia.edu}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://time.com/3639043/gandhi-and-his-spinning-wheel-the-story-behind-an-iconic-photo/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104014130/http://time.com/3639043/gandhi-and-his-spinning-wheel-the-story-behind-an-iconic-photo/|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 January 2015|title=Gandhi and His Spinning Wheel: The Story Behind an Iconic Photo|first=Ben|last=Cosgrove|magazine=Time}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://time.com/3881206/gandhi-rare-photos-of-the-pioneer-of-nonviolent-civil-disobedience/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003204722/http://time.com/3881206/gandhi-rare-photos-of-the-pioneer-of-nonviolent-civil-disobedience/|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 October 2015|title=Gandhi: Quiet Scenes From a Revolutionary Life|first=Ben|last=Cosgrove|magazine=Time}}</ref>}}
In 1921, Gandhi went to [[Chandina Upazila]] in Comilla, Bangladesh to inspire local weavers and consequently in the greater [[Comilla]] region, weaving centers were developed in [[Mainamati]], [[Muradnagar Upazila|Muradnagar]], Gauripur and [[Chandina Upazila|Chandina]].<ref>{{cite magazine |title=The story of Khadi |url=https://archive.thedailystar.net/lifestyle/2011/12/02/centre.htm |magazine=Star LifeStyle |publisher=The Daily Star |location=Dhaka |date=13 December 2011 |access-date=14 January 2014}}</ref>
In 1942, political activist [[Suhasini Das]] pledged to only wear khadi clothing for the rest of her life.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.goldenfeminabd.com/eminentPeople/55.html |script-title=bn:সুহাসিনী দাস |trans-title=Suhasini Das |website=Golden Femina |language=bn}}</ref>{{better source needed|reason=Golden Femina, like other NGO websites, is mostly or entirely self-published. It is unclear whether the author, Md. Mijanur Rahman Niloy, works for them. There is no evidence Niloy is an expert in the subject. There is no obvious editorial oversight or reputation for fact-checking and accuracy. If Das' pledge was political in nature, one would expect a more reliable source to exist, and one that puts the sentence in context and elevates it from trivia to encyclopaedic content.|date=August 2020}} <br /> Gandhi Ashram Amritsar opened its extension branch in Srinagar. A Chinar tree was planted at Pampore where Mahatma spinned charkha. It later became center of AISA nowadays PMTC-KVIC. Gandhi Bhawan Jammu, adjoining Secretariat was founded where he gave his speech in Parade Ground Jammu.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Gandhi in Kashmir, Gandhians on Kashmir|first=Ramchandra|last= Guha|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/amp/opinion/gandhi-in-kashmir-gandhians-on-kashmir/cid/1698228|publisher=India Today|access-date=16 August 2019}}</ref>

==Khadi in post-independence India==
In 1948, India recognized the role of Rural Cottage Industries in its Industrial Policy Resolution. In 1949, Shri Ekambernathan invented Amber Charkha. All India Khadi & Village Industries Board was set up in January, 1953 (AIKVIB) by Govt. of India.
In 1955 it was decided that a statutory body should replace the Board and KVIC Act was passed in 1956. In 1957 KVIC came into existence as a statutory organisation.<ref>{{Cite book|title=HISTORY OF KHADI|last=Parekh|first=Geetanjali|year=2010|url=https://archive.org/details/HistoryOfKhadi-Eng/page/n23/mode/2up|pages=38–39|publisher=NBT National Book Trust|isbn=978-8123760421|access-date=24 March 2017}}</ref>
As per KVIC, in 2017, a total of 460,000 people were employed in industries making khadi products.<ref name=prod1/> Production and sales rose by 31.6% and 33% respectively in 2017 after multi-[[Spindle (textiles)|spindle]] [[Charkha (spinning wheel)|charka]]s were introduced to enhance the productivity by replacing the single-spindle charkas.<ref name=prod1>{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/a-clean-up-that-killed-7-lakh-jobs-in-khadi-sector/articleshow/63252059.cms |title=7 lakh 'lose' jobs in khadi industry, but production goes up by 32% |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=11 March 2018 |author=Jadhav, Radheshyam |access-date=11 March 2018}}</ref> In 2019 it was reported that overall khadi sales in India have risen by 28% in the 5-year period preceding 2018–2019. The revenues from Khadi in the last financial year stood at ₹3,215 crore and the KVIC has set a target of ₹5000 crore to be achieved by 2020.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/khadi-sales-zoom-28-kvic-eyes-rs-5-000-crore-in-fy20/articleshow/68881314.cms|title=Khadi sales zoom 28%, KVIC eyes Rs 5,000 crore in FY20 |work=The Times of India|access-date=15 April 2019}}</ref><br />
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After Independence, the Government reserved some types of textile production, e.g. towel manufacture for the [[handloom]] sector, which resulted in a deskilling of traditional weavers and a boost for the [[power loom]] sector. Private Sector enterprises have been able to make handloom weaving somewhat remunerative and the government also continues to promote the use of Khadi through various initiatives.<ref name=khad1>{{cite news |title=Saturday Dressing: Kerala govt staff opt for khadi |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/saturday-dressing-kerala-govt-staff-opt-for-khadi-107010600004_1.html |newspaper=Business Standard |agency=Press Trust of India |access-date=20 March 2016 |date=6 January 2007}}</ref><ref name=khad111>{{cite news |title=Mann Ki Baat: PM Modi urges India to embrace Gandhi's legacy 'Khadi'|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/india/pm-modi-addresses-his-first-mann-ki-baat-of-the-year-top-highlights_1850774.html |newspaper=Zee News |date=1 February 2016 |access-date=10 June 2016}}</ref>

Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] asserted that khadi cloth is a movement to help the poor.<ref name=hark1/> He further highlighted that the ''Khadi and Village Industries Commission'' is a statutory organisation engaged in promoting and developing khadi and village industries.<ref name=hark1/> He lauded Gujarat and Rajasthan for being well known for khadi poly, while Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, and Jammu and Kashmir are well known for woolen khadi.<ref name=hark1>{{cite news |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/pm-modi-in-mann-ki-baat-khadi-not-a-cloth-but-a-movement-to-help-the-poor-117092400257_1.html |title=PM Modi in Mann Ki Baat: Khadi not a cloth, but a movement to help the poor |work=Business Standard |date=24 September 2017 |access-date=6 April 2018}}</ref> Various states are also putting efforts to promote Khadi; Uttar Pradesh chief minister [[Yogi Adityanath|Yogi]] initiated a project name <nowiki>''Ram Lala'' with the state'</nowiki>s Khadi and Village Industries Board to raise Khadi clothes.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Uttar Pradesh: CM Yogi Adityanath to unveil 'Project Ramlala' today - Know all about it|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/uttar-pradesh-cm-yogi-adityanath-to-unveil-project-ramlala-today-know-all-about-it/720720|access-date=2021-02-17|work=Times Now|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=प्रोजेक्ट 'रामलला' से खादी को मिलेगी नई पहचान, रोज अलग-अलग रंगों की पोशाक धारण करेंगे अयोध्या पति|url=https://www.amarujala.com/photo-gallery/lucknow/project-ramlala-will-give-a-new-identity-to-khadi|access-date=2021-02-17|website=Amar Ujala|language=hi}}</ref>

== Muslin (khadi) in Bangladesh==
Pakistan Government saw Khadi as emblematic of the ideology of Congress that had led the [[non-cooperation movement]] so Khadi organisations like
Noakhali Ambika Kalinga Charitable (NAKC) Trust, started on Gandhi's visit in 1946 were discouraged. Pakistan Prime Minister [[Firoz Khan Noon]] (1957–58) , who remained Governor East Pakistan (1950-1953) was liberal towards Khadi and established "The Khadi and Cottage Industry Association" in 1952. [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]]'s historic '7 March speech of Bangabandhu' refueled the momentum to produce khadi. A sudden wave of demand persisted in Bangladesh for many years after the country's independence from Pakistan in 1971. The newly-established Bangladesh Govt. gave orders for their offices and other establishments. In 1975, some years after the independence of Bangladesh, the NAKC trust was reformed and renamed as The [[Gandhi Ashram Trust]].<ref>{{Cite web| title=Fashion output on Khadi in Bangladesh : A Review|first=Mohammed|last=Bhuiyan|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321918302|publisher=Research Gate|access-date=1 December 2017}}</ref><br />
Muslin has now been registered under [[Geographical Indication]] GI from Bangladesh from 2020;The soft khadi or refined khadi is known as muslin khadi. Generally, the clothes made from 0-99 Count are wefty khadi / cotton khadi and the khadi is produced from 100 count to 500/600 count (as far as it is known), the fabric produced is called muslin khadi. Researchers from many fields put efforts to replicate muslin of higher counts and identified 'phuti carpas' as the variety from the [[DNA]] of [[cotton]] and from motifs used in making muslin sarees from [[Victoria & Albert Museum]] London of 1710 collection with 350 muslin sarees. The replica cost of one saree [[Takas]] 360,000 has been presented to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.<ref>{{Cite news|publisher=Good Day Bangladesh|title=GI recognition Muslin belongs to Bangladesh|url=https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/good-day-bangladesh/muslin-belongs-to-bangladesh|first=Abdul|last=Kalam|access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Muslin Khadi|publisher=West Bengal Khadi & Village Industries Board (WBKVIB)| url=https://www.wbkvib.org.in/index.php/khadi/9-uncategorised/79-muslin-khadi}}</ref>

===Patent/Copyright/Trademark ===
[[Khadi and Village Industries Commission]] holds the exclusive rights to use the trademark <nowiki>''Khadi''</nowiki> and "Khadi India". The National Internet Exchange of India Domain Dispute Policy (INDRP) Arbitration Tribunal in New Delhi rejected the contention of a private entity that "Khadi" is a generic word.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-21|title=Tribunal bars unauthorised use of Khadi brand name|url=https://www.indiaretailing.com/2021/05/21/fashion/tribunal-bars-unauthorised-use-of-khadi-brand-name/|access-date=2021-05-23|website=Indiaretailing.com|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-05-20|title='Khadi', 'Khadi India' not generic names, rules tribunal|language=en-IN|newspaper=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/khadi-khadi-india-not-generic-names-rules-tribunal/article34603078.ece|access-date=2021-05-23|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-20|title=KVIC: Court bars individuals/cos from using 'Khadi' brand name without authorisation|url=http://www.millenniumpost.in/business/kvic-court-bars-individualscos-from-using-khadi-brand-name-without-authorisation-440669|access-date=2021-05-23|website=www.millenniumpost.in|language=en}}</ref>
In 2017 a German company tried to patent "Khadi". Government of India fought the case and ultimately it was decided that it was Gandhi who termed it, All India Spinner Association (AISA) promoted and certified its standards during freedom struggle era and AISA's successor KVIC is the legal entity for possession of all rights concerning "Khadi".
While KVIC obtained the latest trademark registration in Bhutan on 9 July 2021; trademark registration was granted in UAE on 28 June 2021. With this, KVIC has succeeded in securing trademark registration for the first time in a Gulf country. Earlier, KVIC got the trademark registration for “Khadi” in Mexico in December 2020.<ref>{{Cite news|title=KVIC Secures Trademark Registrations in Bhutan, UAE & Mexico; Files Applications in 40 Countries to Protect Brand "Khadi"|url=|publisher=Orissa Diary}}</ref>

== Legacy ==
* Kshetriya Shri Gandhi Ashram H.Q Lukhnow is the biggest organisation still working today.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Clothing Gandhi's Nation: Homespun and Modern India|first=Lisa|last=Trivedi|url=https://muse.jhu.edu/book/4012|publisher=Bloomington & Indianapolis: Indiana University Press|year=2007|isbn=9780253348821}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Khādī Development and Village Industries Commission]] ([[Khadi Gramodyog]])
*[[Dosuti]]
*[[Khaadi]] – A Pakistani multinational clothing brand
*[[Gaji]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Khādī}}
* [http://www.khadiculture.com Khadi Culture: Fabrics from the roots of a nation!]
* [http://www.kamat.com/indica/culture/eco-friendly/khadi.htm India's Khādī Culture]
* [http://www.kvic.org.in/ Khadi and Village Industries Commission] (Govt of India), Official website
* [http://www.indiaprofile.com/fashion/khadi.htm More about Khadi]

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