Match the following:

Incident

Year

(a)

Ahmedabad Mill Strike

(1)

1917

(b)

Kheda Satyagraha

(2)

1919

(c)

Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

(3)

1918

(d)

Champaran Satyagraha

(4)

1918

Question

Question

Answer 1

The correct answer is (a) - (4), (b) - (3), (c) - (2), (d) - (1).

Correct Match:

Important Points

Ahmedabad Mill Strike:

There was a conflict between the Gujarat Mill owners and workers on the Plague Bonus of 1917.
The workers demanded a 50% wage hike.
The Mill Owners were willing to give only a 20% wage hike.
Gandhi Ji used the weapon of Hunger strike.
After the strike, the workers got a 35% wage increase.

Kheda Satyagraha:

The peasants were in extreme distress due to famines, scant resources, untouchability.
Gujarat as a whole suffered a severe epidemic of Plague.
Taxes were increased and the government wasn’t willing to let go of their revenues.
Gandhiji with Sardar Patel urged all farmers to fight unto death against this injustice of the British.
The result was that tax for the current year and next year was suspended.

Champaran Satyagraha:

The Champaran Satyagraha was the first Satyagraha led by Gandhi in India
The system prevalent was the Tinkathia System.
In Tinkathia System, the peasants were required to cultivate indigo in 3/20^th of their landholdings.
A commission was constituted in which Gandhi Ji was a member.
The commission declared that the planters were unfair.
Planters were ordered to refund 25% of the amount.

Jallianwala Bagh Massacre:

The Jallianwala Bagh massacre is also known as the Amritsar massacre.
It took place on 13 April 1919.
Earlier Rowlatt Act was passed which caused widespread anger and discontent among Indians, notably in the Punjab region.
A crowd of at least 10,000 men, women, and children gathered in the Jallianwala Bagh to celebrate Baisakhi, a spring festival.
General Dyer and his soldiers arrived and sealed off the exit.
General Dyer ordered the soldiers to open fire on a large crowd.

After the Incident:

Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore renounced the knighthood.
The Hunter Commission was constituted for the investigation of the incident.
The Hunter Commission censured General Dyer for his actions.