IndiaA term used in India to refer to indigenously made materials. The term was made important when boycotting British made products. 
a political movement in British India that encouraged domestic production and the boycott of foreign, esp. British, goods as a step toward home rule.
Literally, of one's own country. A preindependence movement to further the use of Indian-made items, particularly cottage-industry products, such as hand-loomed cloth, and to oppose British-made goods.