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First recorded strike in the cotton mills of South India
June 22 , 2025
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- By 1892, the very famous Madura Mills, a British-owned cotton spinning mill, was established in Madurai.
- Madurai women staged the first recorded strike in the cotton mills of South India.
- This strike, from April 14 to June 10, 1920, was the first recorded strike in the cotton mills of South India.
- The formation of the Communist Party and the All-India Trade Union Congress in 1920 further strengthened the demand for workers’ rights.
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