Correct Answer: (a) Mahatma Gandhi
Solution:The Ahmedabad Textile Labour Association was founded by Mahatma Gandhi in 1918. Ahmedabad Mill Strike was the result of the disagreement between the textile workers and the mill owners arose in March 1918 regarding the end of the plague bonus. Mill owners paid bonuses of 75% of their salary to retain the workers during the outbreak of the plague in 1917. But, after the end of the plague, workers were demanding an increase of 50% in wages while mill owners were advocating discontinuance of the bonus. As a result, a deadlock was created. Gandhi intervened at the request of Anusuya Sarabhai and undertook a fast unto death. As a result, owners agreed to the 35% wage hike. This was the first movement where fasting, a means of self-suffering to create moral pressure, was used by Gandhi as a political weapon in India.
