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During which of the following early regional struggles in India did Mahatma Gandhi undertake a hunger strike for the first time to support the workers' demands?

  1. Ahmedabad Mill Strike (1918)Answer
  2. B
    Champaran Satyagraha (1917)
  3. C
    Kheda Satyagraha (1918)
  4. D
    Rowlatt Satyagraha (1919)

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Ahmedabad Mill Strike (1918)
During the Ahmedabad Mill Strike in March 1918, Mahatma Gandhi undertook a hunger strike for the first time in India to resolve a labor dispute between mill owners and textile workers demanding a 35% wage increase.

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Identify the key historical event involving Mahatma Gandhi's first hunger strike in India.
Gandhi undertook a hunger strike in March 1918 during the dispute between textile mill owners and workers in Ahmedabad.
The hunger strike was used as a moral weapon to strengthen the resolve of the striking workers demanding a 35% plague bonus continuation/wage increase.

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Early Gandhian Regional Movements
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