Question

Due to whose efforts, from 10 June 1890, the workers started getting a weekly holiday on Sunday?
A) Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia
B) Acharya Narendra Dev
C) Pandita Ramabai
D) Narayan Meghaji Lokhande

Answer 1

Hint: Known as the father of the trade union movement. He was born in 1848. Not only he improved the working conditions in textile mills but also took initiative on communal and caste issues. The Government of India also issued a postage stamp in 2005 with his photo and name.

Complete answer:
Let us look at the given options:
Option A) Born in 1910, Dr Ram Manohar Lohia was an activist and a socialist during the Indian Independence movement. He worked with the Congress radio under the British Rule which was secretly broadcasted in various places in Bombay. This option is incorrect.
Option B) Acharya Narendra Dev was born on 30th October 1889 and was one of the leading theorists for the Congress Socialist Party. He was sent to jail several times during the freedom struggle. He served as the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lucknow from 1947-1951. He died on 19th February 1956. This option is incorrect.
Option C) Pandita Ramabai was a women’s right activist and a social reformer. She was the first women to get honoured with the title of Pandita as a Sanskrit scholar. She was the founder of the Mukti mission at Kedgaon village, which was later named the Pandita Ramabai Mukti Mission. This option is incorrect.
Option D) Known as the father of the trade union movement. H was born in 1848 and formed the mill workers union in 1890 named the Bombay Mill Hands Association which is believed to be the beginning of the organized movement for the rights of workers in India. This option is correct.

Thus, the correct answer is Option ‘D’. Due to Narayan Meghaji Lokhande’s efforts on 10th June 1890, workers started getting a weekly holiday on Sunday.

Note: The Bombay Mill Hands Association was the first labour association in India. Lokhande was a well-known colleague of Mahatma Jotirao Phule. Some other rights workers got because of his work was the entitlement of half-hour recess and salary given on 15th of every month. He was honoured with the title of Rao Bahadur by the British Raj.