In 1884 Narayan Meghaji Lokhande, a leader of the mill workers of Bombay, began to campaign for a weekly holiday on Sunday. According to a document of the V.V. Giri National Labour Institute, cited by The Quint, the demand was accepted on June 10, 1890.
The sources differ on whether the mill owners or the workers’ association announced it. It applied to the mills of Bombay.