Multiple choice

In which of the following movements did Mahatma Gandhi make the first use of hunger strike as a weapon?

  1. non - cooperation movement , 1920 - 22

  2. Rowlatt Satyagraha 1919

  3. Ahmedabad Strike

  4. Bardoli satyagraha
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Explanation

Mahatma Gandhi first used the hunger strike as a political weapon during the Ahmedabad textile mill strike in 1918, when he fasted to support the workers' demand for higher wages. This was before the major movements listed (Rowlatt Satyagraha, Non-Cooperation) and established hunger strike as a tool of nonviolent resistance in his political arsenal.

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