EXHIBITION "Ahmedabad Mill Worker’s Strike 1918" a show to mark the centenary of the strike > 18th to 28th May 2018

Venue : Kamaladevi Complex, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate

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18th May : 6:30 pm Add to Calendar 18/05/2018 18:30 18/05/2018 20:00 Asia/Kolkata Opening of "Ahmedabad Mill Worker’s Strike 1918" a show to mark the centenary of the strike Event Page : https://www.delhievents.com/2018/05/exhibition-ahmedabad-mill-worker-strike-1918-strike-india-international-centre.html Main Art Gallery, Kamaladevi Complex, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003 DD/MM/YYYY - Inauguration by Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan, Life Trustee IIC and Chairperson, IIC International Research Division
Chief Guest: Shri Sabyasachi Mukherjee, Director General & Secretary, Chhatrapati Shivaji Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai
19th to 28th May : 11:00 am to 7:00 pm Add to Calendar 19/05/2018 11:00 28/05/2018 19:00 Asia/Kolkata EXHIBITION "Ahmedabad Mill Worker’s Strike 1918" a show to mark the centenary of the strike Event Page : https://www.delhievents.com/2018/05/exhibition-ahmedabad-mill-worker-strike-1918-strike-india-international-centre.html Main Art Gallery, Kamaladevi Complex, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003 DD/MM/YYYY - Exhibition on view

Entry : Free 
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Venue : Main Art Gallery, Kamaladevi Complex, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003
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Event Description : EXHIBITION "Ahmedabad Mill Worker’s Strike 1918" a show to mark the centenary of the strike 

The strike of the Ahmedabad textile workers in 1918 is remembered because of its unique nature. The leader of the workers was Anasuya Sarabhai and her brother, Ambalal Sarabhai was the President of the Millowners Association. When the millowners were considering stopping the plague bonus they had been giving and the workers asked for increased wages and threatened to go on strike, both Anasuya and Ambalal asked Mahatma Gandhi to come and intervene.  After 22 days, a compromise was worked out. Gandhi had insisted that there should be no violence. The struggle was conducted peacefully without any hostility. Gandhi said that he had never seen a struggle where there was so little animosity. After this the Ahmedabad Textile Association, a trade union on Gandhian lines, was launched

Collaboration: National Gandhi Museum; and Shanti Sadan Trust, Ahmedabad

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