Question

In which year did Mahatma Gandhi lead a successful mill workers strike in Ahmedabad?

• A. 1917
• B. 1918
• C. 1920
• D. 1919

Answer 1

Answer:

B. 1918

Earlier movements - Mahatma Gandhi

• The first strike led by Gandhiji in India was the Champaran Satyagraha in 1917. It was against the exploitation of the indigo farmers of Champaran in Bihar by the British planters.

• In 1918, Gandhiji led another strike for the wage hike of cotton mill workers in Ahmedabad (Gujarat). It was the first hunger strike by Gandhiji in India.

• In the same year, he led Kheda Satyagraha in Gujarat, a strike for non-payment of tax by peasants.