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
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