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 Road (Kochi) Mahatma Gandhi Road (Kochi) Mahatma Gandhi Road, popularly known as M. G. Road, is the main artery as well as the commercial high street of the city of Kochi, in the state of Kerala, India. The road lies north-south with its boundaries at the "Venduruthy bridge", Thevara in the south, and the "Madhava Pharmacy Junction" in the north, where it intersects the Banerji Road. The road was earlier part of the "NH 47A" (Old Highway) and was later handed over to the Corporation of Cochin. The highway was earlier known as "Seventy Feet road". The total distance of the road