Q. Consider the following statements regarding Ahmedabad Mill Strike:
1.Anasuya Sarabhai supported the cause of the workers.
2.Gandhi demanded a 50 per cent increase in the wages.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer: A
Notes:
Explanation: The relations between the workers and the mill owners worsened with the striking workers being arbitrarily dismissed and the mill owners deciding to bring in weavers from Bombay.
- The workers of the mill turned to Anusuya Sarabhai for help in fighting for justice.
- Anusuya Behn went to Gandhi, who was respected by the mill owners and workers, and asked him to intervene and help resolve the impasse between the workers and the employers.
- Though Gandhi was a friend of Ambalal, he took up the workers’ cause. Anusuya too supported the workers and was one of the chief lieutenants of Gandhi’s.
- (It was Anusuya Behn who went on later to form the Ahmedabad Textile Labour Association in 1920.)
- Gandhi asked the workers to go on a strike and demand a 35 per cent increase in wages instead of 50 per cent.
Source: Spectrum Modern India
