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He knew people were eager to collect his autograph. He demanded five rupees for his autograph. Donors giving thousands were not exempted from paying this fee when they took his autograph. To push up the sale of khadi, Gandhi once acted as a salesman. With yardstick on the right and khadi heap on the left, he went on signing vouchers and made a very brisk sale. In 50 minutes he sold 500 rupees worth of khadi. On another occasion, during a journey, he sold khadi at every wayside railway station. At a khadi exhibition opened by him, 4,000 rupees worth of khadi was sold in a week. Ordinarily the yearly sale of khadi there did not exceed Rs.6,000. Owing to his appeal, a khadi bhandar could raise its sale to Rs.65,312 from Rs.48 per year. He asked all the visitors to handicrafts exhibition at the Congress session to become voluntary advertising agents of the hand-made goods exhibited. . . . BAHUROOPE GANDHI By ANU BANDYOPADHYAYA
Posted on: Wed, 02 Oct 2013 23:08:52 +0000

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