Gandhi cap - Revision history

UpdateBot: robot: Update article (please report if you notice any mistake or error in this edit)

2022-06-22T04:12:37Z

robot: Update article (please report if you notice any mistake or error in this edit)

← Older revision		Revision as of 09:42, 22 June 2022
Line 1:		Line 1:
	{{short description\|White coloured sidecap, pointed in front and back and having a wide band, worn in India}}		{{short description\|White coloured sidecap, pointed in front and back and having a wide band, worn in India}}
	[[File:Nehru's life, depicted in a poster probably from the 1950's.jpg\|right\|thumb\|[[Nehru]]'s life, poster from the 1950s, showing him wearing the Gandhi cap during 1929–1955 ]]		[[File:Nehru's life, depicted in a poster probably from the 1950's.jpg\|right\|thumb\|[[Nehru]]'s life, poster from the 1950s, showing him wearing the Gandhi cap during 1929–1955 ]]
	The '''Gandhi cap''' ({{lang-hi\|गांधी टोपी}}) is a white [[sidecap]], pointed in front and back and having a wide band. It is made out of ''[[khadi]]''. It takes its name after the ~~[[India]]n~~ leader [[Mahatma Gandhi]], who first popularised its use during the [[Indian independence movement]]. Worn commonly by [[Indian independence activists]], it became a symbolic tradition for politicians and political activists to wear it in independent India.		The '''Gandhi cap''' ({{lang-hi\|गांधी टोपी}}) is a white [[sidecap]], pointed in front and back and having a wide band. It is made out of ''[[khadi]]''. It takes its name after the Indian leader [[Mahatma Gandhi]], who created it and first popularised its use during the [[Indian independence movement]].

			Worn commonly by [[Indian independence activists]], it became a symbolic tradition for politicians and political activists to wear in independent India.

	==Genesis==		==Genesis==
	[[File:Gandhi cap.jpg\|right\|thumb\|~~Rare~~ photograph of [[Mahatma Gandhi]] wearing Gandhi Cap in 1920]]		[[File:Gandhi cap.jpg\|right\|thumb\|250px\|A photograph of [[Mahatma Gandhi]] wearing Gandhi Cap in 1920]]

			Gandhi, in a conversation with [[Kaka Kalelkar]], described how he created the ''Gandhi cap''. Gandhi said that he looked at a number of caps belonging to the various parts of India and wanted to design a cap that will cover the head in hot weather and would be easy to store in a pocket. He found Kashmiri cap to be coming close to what he wanted to design but it used wool. Gandhi writes that he instead used cotton cloth and picked the white color because white clothes are supposed to be washed more regularly and they are easier to wash.<ref>Clothing Matters: Dress and Identity in India, Emma Tarlo, University of Chicago Press, Sep 1, 1996.82-83[https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/33581/1/11010340.pdf]</ref>

			The Gandhi cap emerged in India during the [[Non-cooperation movement]] from 1920–22,<ref>Consumption: The history and regional development of consumption edited by Daniel Miller, p. 424</ref> when it became the standard Congress dress as popularized by Gandhi.

	~~The Gandhi~~ cap ~~emerged in India during the [[Non-cooperation movement]] from 1920–22~~.~~<ref>Consumption: The history and regional development of consumption edited by Daniel Miller, p. 424</ref> when it became the standard Congress dress as popularized by Gandhi. In 1921,~~ the ~~British~~ government ~~tried to ban the use of the~~ Gandhi cap.		By 1920, a substantial amount of Indian male population was using this cap. British officials had banned the government servants from using Gandhi cap in the Central Provinces.<ref name="Tarlo">{{cite book \| last=Tarlo \| first=E. \| title=Clothing Matters: Dress and Identity in India \| publisher=Hurst \| year=1996 \| isbn=978-1-85065-176-5 \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8wyM5heEc9gC&pg=PA84\| page=84}}</ref>
	~~Gandhi himself wore~~ the ~~cap only for one or two years during 1920–21~~.<ref>{{cite ~~web~~\|~~url~~=~~http://urvishkothari-gujarati.blogspot.com/2011/09/blog-post_18.html~~\|~~title~~=~~ગાંધીટોપીઃ મારોય એક જમાનો હતો..~~.\|~~first~~=~~Urvish~~\|~~last~~=~~Kothari~~\|~~date~~=~~18 September 2011~~\|~~website~~=~~urvishkothari~~-~~gujarati.blogspot.com\|access-date=8 April 2018}}</ref><ref>Gandhi was photographed wearing a turban or a round black topi in 1915 and 1918. He was photographed with the Gandhi cap in 1920. see 1915~~-~~1932~~
	~~Mahatma Gandhi Photo Gallery http://www.mkgandhi.org/gphotgallery/1915~~-~~1932/index1.htm, Mahatma Gandhi, 1915~~ - ~~1920, Page 7 http~~://~~www~~.~~gandhimedia~~.~~org/cgi-bin/gm~~/~~gm.cgi~~?~~direct~~=~~Images/Photographs/Personalities/Mahatma_Gandhi/1915_-_1920~~&~~img~~=~~90. By 1924 he had given up wearing a kurta and the cap. Also see http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1900_1999/gandhi/gandhigods/gandhigods.html~~</ref>

	Gandhi's homespun ''khadi'' attire of traditional Indian clothes were symbolic of his message of cultural pride, the use of ''[[Swadeshi]]'' goods (as opposed to those manufactured in Europe), self-reliance and solidarity with India's rural masses. The cap became common to most followers of Gandhi and members of the [[Indian National Congress]]. A connection to the independence movement was implied when any individual wore the cap in those times.		Gandhi's homespun ''khadi'' attire of traditional Indian clothes were symbolic of his message of cultural pride, the use of ''[[Swadeshi]]'' goods (as opposed to those manufactured in Europe), self-reliance and solidarity with India's rural masses. The cap became common to most followers of Gandhi and members of the [[Indian National Congress]]. A connection to the independence movement was implied when any individual wore the cap in those times.

	Prisoners in South African prisons ~~classified as "negroes" (a category into which Indians fell while Gandhi was in South Africa) also~~ were required to wear ~~similar caps in prison during 1907 to 1914~~. ~~Gandhi's close friend Henry Polak cites Gandhi's time in South African jail, where he was classified as a "negro" and thus required to wear such a cap,~~ as the genesis of the Gandhi Cap.<ref>H.S.L Polak ''Mahatma Gandhi'' (London: Odham's Press, 1949) pg. 61</ref>		Prisoners in South African prisons were required to wear a puny little headcover. It has been cited as the genesis of the Gandhi Cap.<ref>H.S.L Polak ''Mahatma Gandhi'' (London: Odham's Press, 1949) pg. 61</ref><ref>{{cite book \| last=Uppal \| first=J.N. \| title=Gandhi Ordained in South Africa \| publisher=Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting \| year=1995 \| isbn=978-81-230-2212-3 \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HJkyDQAAQBAJ \| access-date=2022-06-22 \| page=348}}</ref>
	[[File:Indian National Congress, New Delhi , 1937.jpg\|right\|thumb\|Members of the [[Indian National Congress]] marching in [[New Delhi]] in 1937]] ~~However Gandhi, in a letter to [[Kaka Kalelkar]], described in detail how he based his white cap on the Kashmiri cap.<ref>Clothing Matters: Dress and Identity in India,~~		[[File:Indian National Congress, New Delhi , 1937.jpg\|right\|thumb\|Members of the [[Indian National Congress]] marching in [[New Delhi]] in 1937]]
	~~Emma Tarlo,University of Chicago Press, Sep 1, 1996.82-83</ref>~~

	==After independence==		==After independence==

	The first generation of post-independence Indian politicians were almost universally members of the freedom struggle. ~~[[Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi]] gave an emotional importance to the Gandhi~~ cap~~, which~~ was regularly worn by Indian leaders like [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], India's first [[Prime Minister]]~~. Succeeding~~ prime ministers such as [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]] and [[Morarji Desai]] ~~would continue the~~ tradition. Most members of the [[Indian Parliament]] (especially politicians and activists of the Congress party) wore ''khadi'' clothing and the ''Gandhi cap''. Large numbers of people donned the cap while celebrating India's independence on August 15 or the promulgation of a [[republic]] on January 26.		The first generation of post-independence Indian politicians were almost universally members of the freedom struggle. The cap was regularly worn by Indian leaders like [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], India's first [[Prime Minister]] and the succeeding prime ministers such as [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]] and [[Morarji Desai]] continued this tradition. Most members of the [[Indian Parliament]] (especially politicians and activists of the Congress party) wore ''khadi'' clothing and the ''Gandhi cap''. Large numbers of people donned the cap while celebrating India's independence on August 15 or the promulgation of a [[Republic Day (India)\|republic]] on January 26.

	Jawarharlal Nehru was always remembered as having worn the cap. In 1964 a coin showing Nehru in profile was released which was widely criticized for lacking the cap. Another Nehru coin was later released in 1989 on his birth centenary, which showed him wearing a cap.		Jawarharlal Nehru was always remembered as having worn the cap. In 1964 a coin showing Nehru in profile was released which was widely criticized for lacking the cap. Another Nehru coin was later released in 1989 on his birth centenary, which showed him wearing a cap.
Line 33:		Line 36:
	In 2011, the Gandhi cap once again rose in popularity in India after [[Anna Hazare]], an eminent Gandhian from [[Maharashtra]], started an anti-corruption movement in India. The epicenter of this movement was in Delhi. In August 2011, thousands of people wearing Gandhi caps accumulated at [[Ramlila Maidan]] in Delhi to support Anna Hazare on his [[Hunger strike\|fast-unto-death]]. This movement spilled over to many other parts of the country and stadiums, community centers and grounds were booked for assimilation of a similar nature. The mass movement witnessed people of all age groups, religions and social standings (mainly the [[middle class]]) as participants, many among them shouting slogans and wearing Gandhi caps.		In 2011, the Gandhi cap once again rose in popularity in India after [[Anna Hazare]], an eminent Gandhian from [[Maharashtra]], started an anti-corruption movement in India. The epicenter of this movement was in Delhi. In August 2011, thousands of people wearing Gandhi caps accumulated at [[Ramlila Maidan]] in Delhi to support Anna Hazare on his [[Hunger strike\|fast-unto-death]]. This movement spilled over to many other parts of the country and stadiums, community centers and grounds were booked for assimilation of a similar nature. The mass movement witnessed people of all age groups, religions and social standings (mainly the [[middle class]]) as participants, many among them shouting slogans and wearing Gandhi caps.

	In the 2014 election, the workers of [[Aam Aadmi Party]] widely wore the Gandhi cap with text printed on it.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/gorakhpur-city-11060720.html\|title=बहुरंगी हुई गांधी की टोपी\|website=jagran.com\|access-date=8 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-27100491\|title=How India's iconic Gandhi cap has changed sides\|first=Andrew\|last=Whitehead\|date=28 April 2014\|access-date=8 April 2018\|via=www.bbc.com}}</ref> Supporters of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] ~~wore a similar~~ saffron ~~colored cap~~.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/gandhi-cap-changes-colours/article5944088.ece\|title=Gandhi cap changes colours!\|first=Sumit\|last=Bhattacharjee\|date=24 April 2014\|access-date=8 April 2018\|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>		In the 2014 election, the workers of [[Aam Aadmi Party]] widely wore the Gandhi cap with text printed on it.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/gorakhpur-city-11060720.html\|title=बहुरंगी हुई गांधी की टोपी\|website=jagran.com\|access-date=8 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-27100491\|title=How India's iconic Gandhi cap has changed sides\|first=Andrew\|last=Whitehead\|date=28 April 2014\|access-date=8 April 2018\|via=www.bbc.com}}</ref>

			Supporters of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] also wear Gandhi cap with [[Orange (colour)\|saffron color]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/gandhi-cap-changes-colours/article5944088.ece\|title=Gandhi cap changes colours!\|first=Sumit\|last=Bhattacharjee\|date=24 April 2014\|access-date=8 April 2018\|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>

	[[File:Arvind Kejriwal in Bangalore.JPG\|right\|thumb\|[[Arvind Kejriwal]] in Bangalore on inauguration of [[Aam Aadmi Party]] Karnataka]]		[[File:Arvind Kejriwal in Bangalore.JPG\|right\|thumb\|[[Arvind Kejriwal]] in Bangalore on inauguration of [[Aam Aadmi Party]] Karnataka]]
Line 48:		Line 53:
	==References==		==References==
	{{Reflist}}<!--added under references heading by script-assisted edit-->		{{Reflist}}<!--added under references heading by script-assisted edit-->
	* [[Katherine Frank]], ''Indira: The Life of Indira Nehru Gandhi'' (2002){{page needed\|date=October 2017}}
	* [[Rajmohan Gandhi]], ''Patel: A Life'' (1992){{page needed\|date=October 2017}}

	==External links==		==External links==
	{{commons category\|Gandhi caps}}		{{commons category\|Gandhi caps}}
	* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOlSMDWovjU GANDHI CAP FROM NEWSPAPER - HINDI - ARVIND GUPTA, Jun 3, 2011]		* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOlSMDWovjU GANDHI CAP FROM NEWSPAPER - HINDI - ARVIND GUPTA, Jun 3, 2011]
	* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040627130229/http://www.hindu.com/2004/04/12/stories/2004041208560300.htm Gandhi cap out of fashion, Mar 27, 2004]		* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040627130229/http://www.hindu.com/2004/04/12/stories/2004041208560300.htm Gandhi cap out of fashion, Mar 27, 2004]
	* [http://www.samaylive.com/gallery/photo-gallery/mahatma-gandhi-gandhi-cap-freedom-movement-anna-hazare-jan-lokpal-arvind-kejriwal/619803/58606.html गांधी टोपी का अब तक का सफर.. Samaylive]		* [http://www.samaylive.com/gallery/photo-gallery/mahatma-gandhi-gandhi-cap-freedom-movement-anna-hazare-jan-lokpal-arvind-kejriwal/619803/58606.html गांधी टोपी का अब तक का सफर.. Samaylive]
	* [http://www.indiaprofile.com/religion-culture/indianheaddress.htm Indian headdresses]		* [http://www.indiaprofile.com/religion-culture/indianheaddress.htm Indian headdresses]

->Equinox at 13:53, 29 October 2021

2021-10-29T13:53:43Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 19:23, 29 October 2021
Line 1:		Line 1:
	{{short description\|White coloured sidecap, pointed in front and back and having a wide band, worn in India}}		{{short description\|White coloured sidecap, pointed in front and back and having a wide band, worn in India}}
	[[File:Nehru's life, depicted in a poster probably from the 1950's.jpg\|right\|thumb\|[[Nehru]]'s life, poster from the 1950s, showing him wearing the Gandhi cap during 1929–1955 ]]		[[File:Nehru's life, depicted in a poster probably from the 1950's.jpg\|right\|thumb\|[[Nehru]]'s life, poster from the 1950s, showing him wearing the Gandhi cap during 1929–1955 ]]
	The '''Gandhi cap''' ({{lang-hi\|गांधी टोपी}}) is a white ~~coloured~~ [[sidecap]], pointed in front and back and having a wide band. It is made out of ''[[khadi]]''. It takes its name after the [[India]]n leader [[Mahatma Gandhi]], who first popularised its use during the [[Indian independence movement]]. Worn commonly by [[Indian independence activists]], it became a symbolic tradition for politicians and political activists to wear it in independent India.		The '''Gandhi cap''' ({{lang-hi\|गांधी टोपी}}) is a white [[sidecap]], pointed in front and back and having a wide band. It is made out of ''[[khadi]]''. It takes its name after the [[India]]n leader [[Mahatma Gandhi]], who first popularised its use during the [[Indian independence movement]]. Worn commonly by [[Indian independence activists]], it became a symbolic tradition for politicians and political activists to wear it in independent India.

	==Genesis==		==Genesis==
Line 18:		Line 18:
	==After independence==		==After independence==

	The first generation of post-independence Indian politicians were almost universally members of the freedom struggle. [[Gandhi~~'s assassination in 1948~~]] gave an emotional importance to the Gandhi cap, which was regularly worn by Indian leaders like [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], India's first [[Prime Minister]]. Succeeding prime ministers such as [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]] and [[Morarji Desai]] would continue the tradition. Most members of the [[Indian Parliament]] (especially politicians and activists of the Congress party) wore ''khadi'' clothing and the ''Gandhi cap''. Large numbers of people donned the cap while celebrating India's independence on August 15 or the promulgation of a [[republic]] on January 26.		The first generation of post-independence Indian politicians were almost universally members of the freedom struggle. [[Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi]] gave an emotional importance to the Gandhi cap, which was regularly worn by Indian leaders like [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], India's first [[Prime Minister]]. Succeeding prime ministers such as [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]] and [[Morarji Desai]] would continue the tradition. Most members of the [[Indian Parliament]] (especially politicians and activists of the Congress party) wore ''khadi'' clothing and the ''Gandhi cap''. Large numbers of people donned the cap while celebrating India's independence on August 15 or the promulgation of a [[republic]] on January 26.

	Jawarharlal Nehru was always remembered as having worn the cap. In 1964 a coin showing Nehru in profile was released which was widely criticized for lacking the cap. Another Nehru coin was later released in 1989 on his birth centenary, which showed him wearing a cap.		Jawarharlal Nehru was always remembered as having worn the cap. In 1964 a coin showing Nehru in profile was released which was widely criticized for lacking the cap. Another Nehru coin was later released in 1989 on his birth centenary, which showed him wearing a cap.

>GreenC bot: Rescued 1 archive link. Wayback Medic 2.5

2021-04-20T17:26:44Z

Rescued 1 archive link. Wayback Medic 2.5

New page

{{short description|White coloured sidecap, pointed in front and back and having a wide band, worn in India}}
[[File:Nehru's life, depicted in a poster probably from the 1950's.jpg|right|thumb|[[Nehru]]'s life, poster from the 1950s, showing him wearing the Gandhi cap during 1929–1955 ]]
The '''Gandhi cap''' ({{lang-hi|गांधी टोपी}}) is a white coloured [[sidecap]], pointed in front and back and having a wide band. It is made out of ''[[khadi]]''. It takes its name after the [[India]]n leader [[Mahatma Gandhi]], who first popularised its use during the [[Indian independence movement]]. Worn commonly by [[Indian independence activists]], it became a symbolic tradition for politicians and political activists to wear it in independent India.

==Genesis==
[[File:Gandhi cap.jpg|right|thumb|Rare photograph of [[Mahatma Gandhi]] wearing Gandhi Cap in 1920]]

The Gandhi cap emerged in India during the [[Non-cooperation movement]] from 1920–22.<ref>Consumption: The history and regional development of consumption edited by Daniel Miller, p. 424</ref> when it became the standard Congress dress as popularized by Gandhi. In 1921, the British government tried to ban the use of the Gandhi cap.
Gandhi himself wore the cap only for one or two years during 1920–21.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://urvishkothari-gujarati.blogspot.com/2011/09/blog-post_18.html|title=ગાંધીટોપીઃ મારોય એક જમાનો હતો...|first=Urvish|last=Kothari|date=18 September 2011|website=urvishkothari-gujarati.blogspot.com|access-date=8 April 2018}}</ref><ref>Gandhi was photographed wearing a turban or a round black topi in 1915 and 1918. He was photographed with the Gandhi cap in 1920. see 1915-1932
Mahatma Gandhi Photo Gallery http://www.mkgandhi.org/gphotgallery/1915-1932/index1.htm, Mahatma Gandhi, 1915 - 1920, Page 7 http://www.gandhimedia.org/cgi-bin/gm/gm.cgi?direct=Images/Photographs/Personalities/Mahatma_Gandhi/1915_-_1920&img=90. By 1924 he had given up wearing a kurta and the cap. Also see http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1900_1999/gandhi/gandhigods/gandhigods.html</ref>

Gandhi's homespun ''khadi'' attire of traditional Indian clothes were symbolic of his message of cultural pride, the use of ''[[Swadeshi]]'' goods (as opposed to those manufactured in Europe), self-reliance and solidarity with India's rural masses. The cap became common to most followers of Gandhi and members of the [[Indian National Congress]]. A connection to the independence movement was implied when any individual wore the cap in those times.

Prisoners in South African prisons classified as "negroes" (a category into which Indians fell while Gandhi was in South Africa) also were required to wear similar caps in prison during 1907 to 1914. Gandhi's close friend Henry Polak cites Gandhi's time in South African jail, where he was classified as a "negro" and thus required to wear such a cap, as the genesis of the Gandhi Cap.<ref>H.S.L Polak ''Mahatma Gandhi'' (London: Odham's Press, 1949) pg. 61</ref>
[[File:Indian National Congress, New Delhi , 1937.jpg|right|thumb|Members of the [[Indian National Congress]] marching in [[New Delhi]] in 1937]] However Gandhi, in a letter to [[Kaka Kalelkar]], described in detail how he based his white cap on the Kashmiri cap.<ref>Clothing Matters: Dress and Identity in India,
Emma Tarlo,University of Chicago Press, Sep 1, 1996.82-83</ref>

==After independence==

The first generation of post-independence Indian politicians were almost universally members of the freedom struggle. [[Gandhi's assassination in 1948]] gave an emotional importance to the Gandhi cap, which was regularly worn by Indian leaders like [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], India's first [[Prime Minister]]. Succeeding prime ministers such as [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]] and [[Morarji Desai]] would continue the tradition. Most members of the [[Indian Parliament]] (especially politicians and activists of the Congress party) wore ''khadi'' clothing and the ''Gandhi cap''. Large numbers of people donned the cap while celebrating India's independence on August 15 or the promulgation of a [[republic]] on January 26.

Jawarharlal Nehru was always remembered as having worn the cap. In 1964 a coin showing Nehru in profile was released which was widely criticized for lacking the cap. Another Nehru coin was later released in 1989 on his birth centenary, which showed him wearing a cap.

In later times, the cap had lost its popular and political appeal. Although many members of the Congress party continued the tradition, rival political parties preferred to dissociate themselves from the tradition linked with the Congress. The mass acceptance of Western-style clothing had also diminished the importance of wearing Indian-style clothes for politicians.

[[File:Warkari 2015-06-03.jpg|thumbnail|right|Thousands of people wearing Topi during [[Pandharpur Wari|Wari]], Dehugaon, Maharashtra]]
The cap remains the most popular everyday headgear worn by men in rural parts of [[Maharashtra]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Bhanu|first=B.V|title=People of India: Maharashtra, Part 2|year=2004|publisher=Popular Prakashan|location=Mumbai|isbn=81-7991-101-2|pages=1033, 1037, 1039|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BsBEgVa804IC&pg=PA1033 }}</ref>
[[File:Anna Hazare with Manish Sisodia.JPG|right|thumb|[[Anna Hazare]] protesting against corruption ]]

In the "[[I Have a Dream]]" speech of [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] in 1963, many people standing behind him on stage wore Gandhi caps.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/04/mlk-postcolonial-struggles/557150/|title=The Debt MLK Owed to India's Anti-Colonial Fight|last=Tharoor|first=Kanishk|date=2018-04-04|website=The Atlantic|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-13}}</ref>

==Re-emergence==
In 2011, the Gandhi cap once again rose in popularity in India after [[Anna Hazare]], an eminent Gandhian from [[Maharashtra]], started an anti-corruption movement in India. The epicenter of this movement was in Delhi. In August 2011, thousands of people wearing Gandhi caps accumulated at [[Ramlila Maidan]] in Delhi to support Anna Hazare on his [[Hunger strike|fast-unto-death]]. This movement spilled over to many other parts of the country and stadiums, community centers and grounds were booked for assimilation of a similar nature. The mass movement witnessed people of all age groups, religions and social standings (mainly the [[middle class]]) as participants, many among them shouting slogans and wearing Gandhi caps.

In the 2014 election, the workers of [[Aam Aadmi Party]] widely wore the Gandhi cap with text printed on it.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/gorakhpur-city-11060720.html|title=बहुरंगी हुई गांधी की टोपी|website=jagran.com|access-date=8 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-27100491|title=How India's iconic Gandhi cap has changed sides|first=Andrew|last=Whitehead|date=28 April 2014|access-date=8 April 2018|via=www.bbc.com}}</ref> Supporters of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] wore a similar saffron colored cap.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/gandhi-cap-changes-colours/article5944088.ece|title=Gandhi cap changes colours!|first=Sumit|last=Bhattacharjee|date=24 April 2014|access-date=8 April 2018|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>

[[File:Arvind Kejriwal in Bangalore.JPG|right|thumb|[[Arvind Kejriwal]] in Bangalore on inauguration of [[Aam Aadmi Party]] Karnataka]]

==See also==
* [[Indian National Congress]]
* [[Pagri (turban)]]
* [[Peshawari pagri]]
* [[Taqiyah (cap)|Taqiyah]]
* [[Songkok]]
* [[Dutch cap]]
* [[Cap of Maintenance]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* [[Katherine Frank]], ''Indira: The Life of Indira Nehru Gandhi'' (2002){{page needed|date=October 2017}}
* [[Rajmohan Gandhi]], ''Patel: A Life'' (1992){{page needed|date=October 2017}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Gandhi caps}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOlSMDWovjU GANDHI CAP FROM NEWSPAPER - HINDI - ARVIND GUPTA, Jun 3, 2011]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040627130229/http://www.hindu.com/2004/04/12/stories/2004041208560300.htm Gandhi cap out of fashion, Mar 27, 2004]
* [http://www.samaylive.com/gallery/photo-gallery/mahatma-gandhi-gandhi-cap-freedom-movement-anna-hazare-jan-lokpal-arvind-kejriwal/619803/58606.html गांधी टोपी का अब तक का सफर.. Samaylive]
* [http://www.indiaprofile.com/religion-culture/indianheaddress.htm Indian headdresses]

{{Mohandas K. Gandhi}}
{{Clothing in South Asia}}
{{Hats}}

[[Category:Mahatma Gandhi]]
[[Category:Indian independence movement]]
[[Category:Indian clothing]]
[[Category:Hats]]
[[Category:Caps]]
[[Category:Indian headgear]]