Dr. Dutta Samant (also Datta Samant, and popularly referred to as Doctorsaheb, 1933-January 16, 1997) was an Indian politician and trade union leader, who is most famous for leading an estimated 200–300,000 textile mill workers in the city of Bombay (now Mumbai) on a year-long strike in 1982, which led to the closure of the textile mills from the city.
Samant grew up in Deobag on the Konkan coast of Maharashtra, hailing from a middle-class Marath...
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Dr. Dutta Samant (also Datta Samant, and popularly referred to as Doctorsaheb, 1933-January 16, 1997) was an Indian politician and trade union leader, who is most famous for leading an estimated 200–300,000 textile mill workers in the city of Bombay (now Mumbai) on a year-long strike in 1982, which led to the closure of the textile mills from the city.
Samant grew up in Deobag on the Konkan coast of Maharashtra, hailing from a middle-class Marathi background. He spent much of his early years in the locality of Ghatkopar in Mumbai, in the state of Maharashtra. From the early 20th century, the city's economy was characterized by major textile mills, the base of India's thriving textile and garments industry. Hundreds of thousands of people from all over India were employed in working in the mills. Although a trained medical doctor, Samant was active in trade union activities amongst mill workers. Samant was deeply influenced by communism, but he joined the Indian National Congress and...
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