You might want to read your own link. Gandhi was the representative of the Indian national congress, not of India:
Indian national congress was the representative of India and Gandhi represented INC.
Unless you mean the British were the actual representatives of India
BTW, for those who are obsessed about Parrikar's dress, here is something to wonder about,
the Washington Post article (December 1931 issue) titled:
Pope and Mahatma Fail in Audience...this one basically says that the meeting between the Pope and Gandhi that was scheduled was apparently cancelled because of Gandhi's insistence on wearing his native garb, the shawl and loincloth. The Vatican publicly declared that the reason for the cancellation was other pressing engagements already made, but the Post insists that it learned it was because of his garb. The Vatican supposedly felt "too uncomfortable" suggesting he change, and didn't consider it appropriate he wear such garb to meet the Pope.
(I don't have any opinion WRT to dress codes - he could be naked for all I care. But let's not mythify historical personages.)
LOL what myths ?
Gandhi was INVITED by the British as the only credible leader with a mass base, and he met the KING and QEEN of Englad in his Capacity as the Greatest Indian leader.
GANDHI IN LOIN CLOTH RACES FOR HIS TRAIN : Hope of India Ignores Law as He Starts First Leg of London Trip Simla India, Aug. 27 (A.P.). -- Wearing his cobwebby shawl and lion cloth, Mahatma Gandhi entered a small American automobile tonight and made a wild dash from this little shanty, on the slopes of the Himalayas through 100 miles of twisting dangerous roads to the railroad station at Kalka.
ROYAL PAIR GREET GANDHI IN PALACE London, Nov. 5 (U.P.) -- The Mahatma Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi pattered through the corridors of Buckingham Palace today in sandaled feet, his frail brown body swathed in a voluminous shawl and his thin middle clothed in a loin cloth or more dashing cut than on ordinary occasions, to meet their majesties, King George and Queen Mary.
LOIN-CLOTH ATTIRE OF GANDHI CAUSES LONDON TO TITTER : Robe to Keep Out Chill Worn by Scrawny Little Man Defying Britain. MAHATMA NOT LIKELY TO MAKE VISIT IN U.S. Broadcast by Indian Leader Is to Be Heard in America Today London, Sept. 12 (A.P.) -- London east end slums tittered today at the first sight of Mahatma Gandhi, the scrawny little man who is defying the British Empire.
Gandhi to Visit King George In His Loin Cloth and Shawl London, Oct. 30 (U.P.). -- The Mahatma M.K. Gandhi will don his coarse white loin cloth, homespun shawl and sandals next Thursday and go up to Buckingham Palace to have tea with the king and queen.
Pope and Mahatma Fail in Audience : Gandhi's Refusal to Change Loin Cloth Is Believed Cause;
GANDHI IN LOIN CLOTH RACES FOR HIS TRAIN talks about Gandhi and his path to the round table conference, but none of it really seems to be anything too big a deal; they mention him defying a night ordinance to get there (driving past policemen in the process), and they mention him having faith that the full moon would increase the prospects for a favorable resolution as they say Hindus typically do. One line in particular does say that it would be difficult for anyone to expect that a man looking like that was a figure of great international power, given his attire and few teeth and shaved head.
Gandhi, Clad in Loin Cloth, Is Received by Royalty, from the Washington Post (November 1931 issue) points out that Gandhi ignored the request for formal attire, and reports that he was the center of attention despite the displays of jewels and other expensive items on his colleagues. It also notes that he paid little attention to custom (shaking the hands of the king and queen in "friendly, but not humble" ways, and refusing the tea set out for guests).
LOIN-CLOTH ATTIRE OF GANDHI CAUSES LONDON TO TITTER, from the September 1931 edition of the Washington Post mentions that there was "good humored laughter" over the man who "dared brave the English climate in such garb". Other than that, the article mostly focuses on his possibly going to America, but nothing more.
The Washington Post article (October 31, 1931 issue) titled: Gandhi to Visit King George In His Loin Cloth and Shawl London, talks about how he was warned that the climate might be too rough for just a shawl and loincloth, and mentions that he planned to wear "morning dress" as instructed...which to him meant exactly what he wore.
According to the New York Times (Gandhi, in Loincloth, Meets King and Queen), the King and Queen greeted him very warmly, and were happy to talk to him. When asked what they spoke about, Gandhi said it would be "most undignified" to discuss it. He did, however, say that the King and Queen were "most friendly" towards him, and that he also quite liked the Prince of Wales. It didn't appear there was any animosity, openly anyways, over his garb. It absolutely must have come as a shock, according to most sources, but not because they weren't expecting it: Gandhi had informed everyone at least 4 days in advance that he would be attending in his "morning dress" as defined above.
Now why do you think that in 1930 so many western Newspaper carried articles on Gandhi ? Because he was NOT the representative of India ?