BPSC – Combined Competitive Examination · প্রশ্ন 133
In which movement did Mahatma Gandhi first use the hunger strike as a weapon?
উত্তর দেখান ও ব্যাখ্যা
উত্তর: (C) Ahmedabad (mill) strike
ব্যাখ্যা
In March 1918 Gandhi fasted to support Ahmedabad mill workers, winning a 35% wage increase.
- (A) ভুল
Wrong: later (1920–22).
- (B) ভুল
Wrong: led by Vallabhbhai Patel (1928).
- (C) সঠিক
Correct: Gandhi's first hunger strike was during the 1918 Ahmedabad mill strike.
- (D) ভুল
Wrong: came after (1919).