The 5th National Handloom Day was held today at 16 NIFT Campuses and Weavers’ Service Centres in different States across the country.
About:
The National Handloom Day is observed annually on 7th August to honour the handloom weavers in the country and also highlight India’s handloom industry.
The first National Handloom Day was inaugurated on 7th August 2015 by the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi.
August 7 was chosen as the National Handloom Day to commemorate the Swadeshi Movement which was launched on this day in 1905 in Calcutta Town Hall to protest against the partition of Bengal by the British Government. The movement had aimed at reviving domestic products and production processes.
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