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India · 1918Gandhi's Kheda and Ahmedabad satyagrahas and the Montagu–Chelmsford Report

Gandhi used satyagraha in the Ahmedabad mill strike, where he undertook his first fast, and in the Kheda no-revenue campaign. The Montagu–Chelmsford Report proposed provincial dyarchy and the Rowlatt Committee recommended retaining extraordinary powers, as World War I ended and influenza killed millions in India.

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Key figures

Mahatma Gandhi — led the Kheda Satyagraha and supported the Ahmedabad mill strike, undertaking his first fast.Vallabhbhai Patel — emerged as an important organiser in the Kheda Satyagraha.Edwin Montagu — Secretary of State for India and co-author of the 1918 reforms report.Lord Chelmsford — Viceroy of India, co-author of the Montagu–Chelmsford Report and convener of the Delhi War Conference.Madan Mohan Malaviya — presided over the Delhi annual session of Congress in December 1918.B.P. Wadia — associated with the founding of the Madras Labour Union in 1918.

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