In which of the following campaigns did Gandhiji intervene in a labour dispute, demanding better working conditions for the textile mill workers?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Ahmedabad Satyagraha, 1918
After Champaran in 1917, Gandhiji took up two campaigns in his home state of Gujarat in 1918. First, he intervened in a labour dispute in Ahmedabad, demanding better working conditions for the textile mill workers. Then he joined the peasants of Kheda in asking for the remission of taxes after their harvest failed. Champaran was about indigo peasants, and Kheda about land revenue, not mill workers.
NCERT (2025-26): “2. The Making and Unmaking of Non-cooperation … Mahatma Gandhi was to spend much of 1917 in Champaran, seeking to obtain for the peasants security of tenure as well as the freedom to cultivate the crops of their choice. The following year, 1918, Gandhiji was involved in two campaigns in his home state of Gujarat. First, he intervened in a labour dispute in Ahmedabad, demanding better working conditions for the textile mill workers. Then he joined peasants in Kheda in asking the state for the remission of taxes following the failure of their harvest.…” |