●  In February March 1918, there was a situation of conflict between the Gujarat Mill owners and workers on the question of Plague Bonus of 1917. The Mill Owners wanted to withdraw the bonus whole the workers demanded a 50% wage hike. The Mill Owners were willing to give only 20% wage hike.

●  Gandhi was invited by Anasuya Ben Sarabai.

●  Gandhi organized  a strike in the cotton mills.

●  The result was that the strike was successful and the workers got a 35% wage increase.

●  Gandhiji selected Bardoli as a suitable place for launching civil disobedience campaign because the place had witnessed and participated in the constructive work.

●  Gandhi's first major achievement came in 1917 with the Champaran agitation in Bihar.

●  The Champaran agitation pitted the local peasantry against their largely British landlords who were backed by the local administration.

●  The peasantry was forced to grow Indigo, a cash crop for Indigo dye whose demand had been declining over two decades, and were forced to sell their crops to the planters at a fixed price

●  Gandhi at his ashram in Ahmedabad. Pursuing a strategy of nonviolent protest, Gandhi took the administration by surprise and won concessions from the authorities

●  In 1918, Kheda was hit by floods and famine and the peasantry was demanding relief from taxes.

●  Gandhi organised scores of supporters and fresh volunteers from the region, the most notable being Vallabhbhai Patel.

●  Using non-co-operation as a technique, Gandhi initiated a signature campaign where peasants pledged non-payment of revenue even under the threat of confiscation of land.

●  For five months, the administration refused but finally in end-May 1918, the Government gave way on important provisions and relaxed the conditions of payment of revenue tax until the famine ended.