INDIAN HISTORY

HISTORY

THE FIRST ONE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Mahatma Gandhi used for the first time hunger strike as a weapon during
A
Kheda Satyagraha
B
Champaran Satyagraha
C
Ahmedabad Strike
D
Bardoli Satyagraha
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Following the Champaran Satyagraha movement in 1917, the Ahmedabad mill strike became the biggest civil disobedience movement of its time. In this strike, Gandhi used the tools of non-violence in the form of a hunger strike and satyagraha for the first time.

Detailed explanation-2: -On this day in 1932, in his cell at Yerovda Jail near Bombay, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi begins a hunger strike in protest of the British government’s decision to separate India’s electoral system by caste.

Detailed explanation-3: -Ahmedabad Mill Strike of 1918 is a strike by the workers in Ahmedabad’s textile mills who fought for economic justice after the mill owners discontinued their plague bonuses. Ahmedabad Mill Strike is considered the first hunger strike led by Mahatma Gandhi.

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