Q. M r. B.P Wadia is known for :

A
Agitation against untouchability in Andhra Pradesh
B
Organizing Peasant Movement in Uttar Pradesh
C
Organizing Madras Labour Union
D
Fasting for reorganization of the Indian states
Solution:
  • Bahman Pestonji Wadia or Bomanji Pestonji Wadia was an Indian theosophist and labour activist. He was first a member of the TS Adyar, later of the United Lodge of Theosophists. On 13 April 1918, along with V. Kalyanasundaram Mudaliar, Wadia founded the Madras Labour Union, one of India’s first organised labour unions.

  • In 1903 he joined the TS in Mumbai and moved to Adyar in 1908. He worked for the journal The Theosophist. He became president of the Madras Textile Workers’ Union and engaged himself for worker’s rights.

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