Where was Mahatma Gandhi organized Satyagraha for cotton mill workers?
(A) Madras
(C) Surat
(B) Bombay
(D) Ahmedabad
Correct Answer : Ahmedabad
Question Asked : SSC CGL Tier-I CBE Exam 2017
Explanation: In February March 1918, a conflict arose between the Gujarat Mill owners and workers on the question of Plague Bonus of 1917. Gandhi was invited by Anasuya Ben Sarabai and her brother Ambalal Sarabhai, rich mill-owner of Ahmadabad, towards the cause of the mill owners. In March 1918, under the leadership of Gandhi, there was a strike in the cotton mills. The strike was successful, and the workers got a 35% wage increase.
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