National Handloom Day 2024: Top 6 Interesting Facts
By Anshika Verma
07, Aug 2024 10:16 AM
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National Handloom Day 2024
National Handloom Day is celebrated on 7th August every year. This day honours the work of artisans, bunkars, weavers, and dastkaris in India.
Swadeshi movement
National Handloom Day is also famous as it also commemorates the Swadeshi movement that took place in 1905.
2015
The Union Government announced 7th of August as National Handloom Day in the year 2015.
Handloom industry
This day is celebrated with the objective of creating awareness about the importance of the handloom industry.
Women empowerment
The handloom sector is the key factor in women’s empowerment. Over 70% of weavers are women in this industry.
Ministry of Textiles
The Ministry of Textiles celebrated this day with an exhibition that took place at National Centre for Heritage Textiles (NCHT), Janpath, New Delhi.
Export earnings
The handloom sector contributes nearly 15% to the exports earnings of the country.
Swadeshi movement
This particular day Swadeshi Movement was launched in Calcutta Town Hall to protest against the Bengal participation under British Raj.
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