250 million workers joined the All-India General Strike, making it the largest in human history, with protests occurring all over the country. Over 300 groups, including the communist parties of India, aided the organization of the strike.
Tens of thousands of communists march on Delhi. Strike in Mumbai at the major Jawaharlal Nehru port consisting of its workers and members of the Health Employees Union. Trade unionists blockaded the National Highway 31, a major roadway that connects the city of Kolkata, in the state of West Bengal. Communists blockade a railway in Kolkata. Refineries in Assam, the northeastern state rich in oil and natural gas reserve, were shut down by the strike. Workers protest in Noida, a satellite city of Delhi. Protest in the southern state of Telangana. Textile workers in the city of Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu.
Protests were also held across Jammu and Kashmir, which has been under a virtual government-imposed lockdown for over a year and repressive government policies have made mobilizing extremely difficult.
Prior to the strike, a protest had also occurred to rally up the people of Kochbihar district in West Bengal.