5th National Handloom Day

• 07 Aug 2019

The 5^th National handloom day is being celebrated across the country on 7^th August 2019.

• The National handloom day is observed annually on 7^th August to honour the handloom weaving community and highlight the importance of India’s handloom industry.
• Bhubaneswar, Odisha has been chosen as the venue for the celebration of handloom day, due to its rich tradition of handlooms and to empower women and girls of the region.
  
  • More than 50% of total weavers population of India resides in Eastern and North Eastern region of the country.
• August 7 was chosen as the National handloom day to commemorate the Swadeshi movement which was based on the Gandhian ideology of Swadeshi.
  
  • Swadeshi movement was launched on 7^th August, 1905 in Calcutta town hall to protest against the partition of Bengal (by the British Government) by reviving domestic products and production processes.
• The first National handloom day was inaugurated on 7^th August 2015.
• National handloom day seeks to focus on the contribution of handloom to the socio-economic development of the country.

Source: PIB