The Undisputed

Mahatma Gandhi, was not in the habit of wearing a shirt, even during winter or formal meetings. Surprised at this, a little boy asked him,

“Why don’t you wear a kurtha?”
Kurtha is a loose shirt commonly worn in India. Gandhi explained that it was because he was poor and could not afford it. The boy readily agreed to get a kurtha stitched, but Gandhi replied that a single kurtha was not sufficient as he had a large family. He said he needed 400 million kurthas to properly clothe his brothers and sisters.

He was clearly referring to all the poor people of India …

Reference: http://durani.wordpress.com/category/non-related/m-gandhi/