The Khadi Movement was a boycott of British-made cloth. In it, Gandhi encouraged the populace to manufacture their own clothes, not buy British ... cloth. ... As he wrote in his autobiography, "The
object we set before ourselves was to be able to clothe ourselves entirely in cloth manufactured by our
own hands."... Khadi became the patriotic uniform [T]he lower classes of Indians realized that
making khadi was a profitable business. Many turned their hand to it and profited handsomely.
"The Khadi Movement"
How did the Khadi Movement contribute to the development of India's cottage industries?