Solution:

In 1918, Mahatma Gandhi intervened in a dispute between the workers and mill-owners of Ahmedabad.

Ahmadabad was the second largest city of Bombay Presidency and was a long established commercial centre. Under the British, the cotton industry grew in the city and Ahmadabad became a modern Industrial town of the 20th century. In February March 1918, there was a situation of conflict between the Gujarat Mill owners and workers on the question of Plague Bonus of 1917.

The Mill Owners wanted to withdraw the bonus whole, the workers demanded a 50% wage hike. The Mill Owners were willing to give only 20% wage hike. At this point, Gandhi was invited by Anasuya Ben Sarabai and her brother Ambalal Sarabhai, rich mill-owner of Ahmadabad towards the cause of the mill owners. Anasuya had just returned from England and was a socialist.

In March 1918, under the leadership of Gandhi, there was a strike in the cotton mills. In this strike Gandhi used the weapon of Hunger strike. It was carried out in pure non-violent disciplined way. The result was that the strike was successful and the workers got a 35% wage increase.