Which of the following struggles of Mahatma Gandhi was related to industrial workers

(A) Champaran Satyagrah
(B) Ahmadabad Satyagarah
(C) Kheda Satyagrah
(D) None of the above.

Correct Answer : Ahmadabad Satyagarah
Question Asked : UPPCS (Pre) 2002
Gandhiji’s first great experiment in Satyagraha came in 1917, In Champaran, in Bihar. Gandhiji’s next activity was in 1918 at Ahmedabad where an agitation was going on between the labourers and the owners of a cotton textile mill for the Plague bonus. While Gandhiji was negotiating with the mill owners, he advised the workers to go on strike and to demand 35% increase in wages. Having advised the strikers to depend upon their conscience, Gandhiji himself went on a “fast unto death” to strengthen the workers resolved to continue the strike. The mill owners gave up, and a settlement was reached after 21 days of strike. The mill owners agreed to submit the whole issue to a tribunal. The strike was withdrawn and later awarded the 35% increase in wages that the workers had demanded. Ambalal Sarabhai’s sister, Anasuya Behn, was one of the main lieutenants of Gandhi in this struggle in which her brother and Gandhiji’s friend was one of the main advisories.
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