Workers movement has been part of India's social fabric since pre-Independence days. Arrange these movements in chronological order from oldest to most recent:
(A) Formation of the All India Trade Union Congress
(B) Indian National Trade Union Congress
(C) Railway Workers Strike
(D) Formation of the Textile Labour Association
(E) Buchingham and Carnatic Mills Strike in Madras
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (E), (D), (A), (B), (C)
(E) Buchingham and Carnatic Mills Strike in Madras — one of the wartime strikes, alongside the strikes in the Bombay textile mills of 1917, that came before the first trade union was set up in April 1918.
(D) Formation of the Textile Labour Association — 1918, founded by Mahatma Gandhi.
(A) Formation of the All India Trade Union Congress — 1920, in Bombay.
(B) Indian National Trade Union Congress — formed by the Indian National Congress in May 1947.
(C) Railway Workers Strike — the major railway workers’ strike of 1974.
NCERT (2025-26): “Workers’ Movements … There were waves of strikes in the textile mills in Bombay. In September and October 1917 there were around 30 recorded strikes. Jute workers in Calcutta struck work. In Madras, the workers of Buchingham and Carnatic Mills (Binny’s) struck work demanding increase in wages. Textile workers in Ahmedabad struck work for increase in wages by 50 per cent (Bhowmick 2004). 120 The first trade union was established in April 1918 in Madras by B.P. Wadia, a social worker and member of the Theosophical Society. During the same year, Mahatma Gandhi founded the Textile Labour Association (TLA). In 1920, the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) was formed in Bombay. The AITUC was a broad-based organisation involving diverse ideologies. The main ideological groups were the communists led by S.A. Dange and M.N. Roy, the moderates led by M. Joshi and V.V. Giri and the nationalist movements which involved people like Lala Lajpat Rai and Jawaharlal Nehru.…” “…During the last few years of British rule the communists gained considerable control over the AITUC. The Indian National Congress chose to form another union called the Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) in May 1947.…” “…In 1974 there was a major railway workers’ strike. The confrontation between the state and trade unions became acute.…” |