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'''Shankarlal Ghelabhai Banker''' (1889 – 1985)<ref name="print" /> was an [[Indian independence movement|Indian independence]] activist. He was one of the early associates of [[Mahatma Gandhi]].

== Career ==
Banker and his friend [[Indulal Yagnik]] had established ''[[Young India]]'' and [[Navjivan (newspaper)|''Navjivan'']] publications respectively. They had handed over these publications to [[Mahatma Gandhi]] when he entered public life in India. He was one of the early associates of Gandhi.<ref name="print">{{Cite web|url=https://theprint.in/opinion/how-an-engineer-and-2-high-flyers-became-gandhis-men/127399/amp/|title=How an engineer and 2 high-flyers became Gandhi’s men|last=Kothari|first=Urvish|date=2018-10-02|website=The Print}}</ref> On 10 March 1922, Gandhi and Banker, as publisher and editor of Gandhi's newspaper ''[[Young India]]'', were accused of treason and arrested.<ref name="MulkRaj1987">{{cite book|author1=Mulk Raj Anand|author2=National Council of Educational Research and Training (India)|title=The Historic trial of Mahatma Gandhi|page=24|year=1987|publisher=National Council of Educational Research and Training}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/libweb/historicalcases/cases/TRIAL_OF__MAHATMA_GANDHI-1922.html|title=TRIAL OF MAHATMA GANDHI - 1922|website=Bombay High Court}}</ref>

Banker had played a major role in Gandhi's activities in [[Ahmedabad]]. He participated in the [[textile mill]] workers’ strike in Ahmedabad, the [[Kheda Satyagraha of 1918|1918 Kheda Satyagraha]] and the [[Non-cooperation movement|protests]] against the [[Rowlatt Act]]. He was the secretary of the Bharatiya Charkha Sangh which promoted [[khadi]] and [[Spinning wheel|Charkha]].<ref name="print" />

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