Gandhi cap Gandhi cap The Gandhi cap () is a white coloured sidecap, pointed in front and back and having a wide band. It is made out of "khadi". It takes its name after the Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi, who first popularised its use during the Indian independence movement. Worn commonly by Indian independence activists, it became a symbolic tradition for politicians and political activists to wear it in independent India. The Gandhi cap emerged in India during the First Non-cooperation movement during 1918–1921. when it became the standard Congress dress as popularized by Gandhi. In 1921, the British government tried to
Mahatma Gandhi Memorial (Washington, D.C.) slabs of Karnataka red granite with inscriptions honoring Gandhi's memory. The statue's inscription quote reads, "My life is my message." Mahatma Gandhi Memorial (Washington, D.C.) The Mahatma Gandhi Memorial is a public monument of Mahatma Gandhi, installed in front of the Embassy of India, Washington, D.C., in the United States. A gift from the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, it was dedicated on September 16, 2000 during a state visit of Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in the presence of US President Bill Clinton. It pictures Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi in ascetic garb, in reference to his 1930 march against