Multiple choice

Gandhiji's first fast in India was in connection with

  1. Champaran Satyagraha

  2. Chauri Chaura incident

  3. communal riots in eastern India

  4. the strike of mill workers at Ahmedabad
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Explanation

Gandhiji's first fast in India was in 1918 in support of Ahmedabad mill workers' strike for higher wages. He fasted for three days until the workers and owners reached a settlement, establishing fasting as a powerful tool of nonviolent resistance. This preceded his more famous political fasts related to national issues.

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