Current context: The 5th National Handloom Day is celebrated across the country on 7th August 2019.
a. 7th July
b. 7th August
c. 7th November
d. 7th June
- Bhubaneswar, Odisha has been chosen as the venue for the event due to its rich tradition of Handlooms with the prime objective of empowering women and girls.
- Eastern and North Eastern Regions account for more than 50% of total weavers’ population of India and out of them mostly are women.
- The National Handloom Day is celebrated annually on 7th August to honour the handloom weavers and highlight India’s handloom industry in the country.
- National Handloom Day seeks to focus on increasing the income of the weavers' community and the contribution of handloom to the socio-economic development of the country.
- The National Handloom Day was declared in July 2015 with the objective of circulating awareness about the importance of the handloom and weaving industry to the socio-economic development of the country.
- On 7th August, the Swadeshi Movement was launched in 1905 in Calcutta Town Hall to protest against the partition of Bengal, was chosen as the National Handloom Day.
Question:
Q.1 The National Handloom Day is celebrated on which date?a. 7th July
b. 7th August
c. 7th November
d. 7th June
