Answer:
(i)
When Mahatma Gandhi returned to India, he decided to dress like a Kathiawadi
peasant.
(ii) So, he adopted a short dhoti with a shawl, as he wanted to
experiment for a month or two.
(iii) But soon he saw this as his duty to the poor, and he
never wore any other dress.
(iv) Khadi, white and coarse, was to him a sign of purity,
simplicity and poverty.
(v) Wearing it also became a symbol of nationalism, a
rejection of Western mill cloth.
(vi) He consciously rejected the well-known clothes of the
Indian ascetic and adopted the dress of the poorest Indian.
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