INDIA Pick#....................NL Denomination ....5 Rupee Date..................... Condition............UNC Comments.......... Perforation on left border where removed from pack. Gandhi on front. Local currency used for purchase of Khadi (local) goods. Translation of note reads 'Gandhi Memorial Fund'. Image is from stock, but serial number will vary. . The term kh?d? or khaddar (Devanagari: ?????, Nastaliq: ?????) means cotton. kh?d? is Indian handspun and hand-woven cloth. The raw materials may be cotton, silk, or wool, which are spun into threads on a spinning wheel called a charkha. It is a versatile fabric, cool in the summer and warm in the winter. Khadi is also a whole movement started by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. The Khadi movement aimed at boycotting foreign goods and promoting Indian goods. Mahatma Gandhi began promoting the spinning of kh?d? for rural self-employment and self-reliance (instead of using cloth from Britain) in 1920s India thus making khadi an integral part and icon of the Swadeshi movement. The freedom struggle revolved around the use of kh?d? fabrics and the dumping of foreign-made clothes. When some people complained about the costliness of khadi to Mahatma Gandhi, he started wearing only loincloth. Thus it symbolized the political ideas and independence itself, and to this day most politicians in India are seen only in kh?d? clothing. The flag of India is only allowed to be made from this material. Rupee = from Sanskrit word "Rupya" - Silver. See my other notes from this country. NEVER A RESERVE !! CURRENCY DEN I combine shipping - all lots after the first mailed FREE! .