Question

Satyagraha at Ahmedabad was for relaxation of taxes due to plague epidemic. Justify if T/F

Answer 1

Answer:

True

Explanation:

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Answer 2

Answer: True.

A heavy monsoon season had destroyed agricultural crops and led to a plague epidemic claiming nearly 10 percent of the population of Ahmedabad in 1917. During the period of intense plague outbreak from August 1917 to January 1918, the workers of the textile mills in Ahmedabad were given ‘plague bonuses’ (some of which were as much as 80 percent of the workers’ wage) in an attempt to dissuade the workers from fleeing during an outbreak of a plague. However, when the employers announced their intent to discontinue the ‘plague bonuses’ as the plague epidemic subsided in January 1918, workers demanded “dearness” (cost of living) allowances of 50 percent of their wages on the July salaries in order to sustain their livelihood during the times of wartime inflation (which doubled the prices of food-grains, cloth, and other necessities) caused by Britain’s involvement in World War I. The relations between the workers and the mill owners soured as the striking workers were arbitrarily dismissed and the mill owners resolved to start recruiting weavers from Bombay.

The frustrated workers of the mill turned to Anusuyya Sarabhai, a social worker who was also the sister of the president of the Ahmedabad Mill Owner’s Association (founded 1891 to develop the textile industry in Ahmedabad), for help in fighting for economic justice. Anusuyya soon urged Mohandas Gandhi, who was respected by the mill owners and workers, to intervene and help resolve the impasse between the workers and the employers. Gandhi proposed an arbitration board comprised of three representatives from each side to engage in dialogues to resolve the issue. Though both sides had agreed to this arbitration and chosen their representatives, the mill owners refused to partake in the first meeting when the laborers struck work. The strike had been prompted by the laborers’ anticipation of a lock-out in all the mills, but nonetheless, Gandhi apologized to the mill owners for the ill timing of the strike.

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