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The charkha became a symbol of Indian resistance to Britain’s textile-based mercantilism and British rule generally.

Sarabhai said that should Trump visit, he is likely to be given a charkha, a traditional spinning wheel used by Gandhi, as well as a copy of his autobiography.

This charkha comes from Mani Bhavan in Mumbai, which was the "headquarters" of Gandhi's political movement for 17 years.

In it he made the somewhat startling claim that computer technologies today have become the contemporary equivalent of the spinning wheel — the “charkha” — that Mahatma Gandhi used to inspire a spiritual, political and economic revolution in India.

We still believe that the best way to manufacture khadi is the traditional charkha, or spinning wheel, simply because, as Mahatma Gandhi was convinced, it gives the much-needed employment to millions of the poor of this country.