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What was the outcome of the Ahmedabad Mill Strike?

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The Ahmedabad Mill Strike (1918) ended successfully for the workers. After Mahatma Gandhi’s intervention and hunger strike, mill owners agreed to arbitration, which resulted in a 35 percent wage increase. The strike also improved working conditions, strengthened labor rights, and marked Gandhi’s first use of fasting as a means of moral protest.