In the movie Gandhi, why does Gandhi ask the people to burn their British made clothes?
I don't get why... any help would be appreciated.
2007-09-25 20:15:34 · 10 answers · asked by rainbow fun 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
Because they were a sign of the British imperialism, and conversely the Indians' slavery to that imperialism. Therefore, the burning of the clothes symbolized a conscious decision to throw off the most visible sign of that slavery and to re-embrace their true selves as Indians, rather than British pawns.
2007-09-25 20:21:48 · answer #1 · answered by jrsydevl74 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Before 1947 India was a British colony. Indian nationalistic leaders thought that British rulers were exporting/stealing Indian raw material from India for cheap and importing the British made finished products into India. They were thus creating a cheap market for the British goods and harming Indian people at the same time. This thought led to a call to boycott all British goods including British clothes. Gandhi thought that self sufficiency was the way to go.
2007-09-25 20:24:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
British Made Clothes
2016-12-17 07:41:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the 19th centure India was the manufacturing centre of the world. Then the british dismantled the industry there and moved it back to Merry old England to boost their own economy.
The British banned certain things in India, such as people making salt and I think they also banned the making of clothes. So India was kept poor because they were buying their cotton from the UK.
Ghandi basically encouraged people to wear home spun cloth so as to fight back against the british control.
It would be like not buying Chinese made goods (iPod, Matel toys etc) to protest against chinese manufacturing and encourage companies to make things in the US.
2007-09-25 20:28:06 · answer #4 · answered by flingebunt 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
he tols so coz he wanted to show his inobedience towards the british govt.this was a part of the non-co operation movement.and furthur,the indian clothes were more expensive than the british clothes,so the british clothes were selling faster leaving the indian textile industry poorer and poorer
2007-09-25 20:22:51 · answer #5 · answered by venus 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because his principle were not to use any foreign clothes.His aim was to boycott British things whether it be clothes.Doing this Britisher suffers a very big loss and that was the main motive.
2007-09-25 20:40:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2014-08-13 19:01:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
he was trying to take a non-violent stance on the opression of the british empire in his country.
Think of the Boston Tea Party Indian style...
2007-09-25 20:17:39 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a great question, and one that has made me curious for quite some time.
2016-08-24 17:32:42 · answer #9 · answered by toshiko 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think he just wanted to see the girls naked.
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2007-09-25 20:18:09 · answer #10 · answered by Starfish 2 · 2⤊ 4⤋