When did the students in Gujarat start protesting against the rising prices of food grains and corruption leading to the declaration of President's rule in the state?

January 1974

In January 1974 students in Gujarat started an agitation against rising prices of food grains, cooking oil, and other essential commodities, and against corruption in high places. The students’ protest was joined by major opposition parties and became widespread leading to the imposition of President’srule in the state.