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President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated exhibitions on Mahatma Gandhi and Khadi in ____
A
Gambia
B
Liberia
C
Guinea
D
Mali
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1918 Mahatma Gandhi started his movement for Khadi as relief programme for the poor masses living in India’s villages. Spinning and weaving was elevated to an ideology for self-reliance and selfgovernment.

Detailed explanation-2: -Many a time, Gandhiji emphasised that khadi should not be used just as a cloth and it has to be worn with the values which are inseparable to it. According to him, “The message of the spinning-wheel is much wider than its circumference.

Detailed explanation-3: -Prior to his presidency, he served as the 26th Governor of Bihar from 2015 to 2017 and as a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from 1994 to 2006.

Detailed explanation-4: -Ram Nath Kovind (born 1 October 1945) is an Indian politician. Kovind became the 14th President of India upon winning the 2017 presidential election in July 2017. He was the second president to have been a Dalit leader and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

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