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When did Mahatma Gandhi move to South Africa?
When did Mahatma Gandhi move to South Africa?
- 1891
- 1893 (correct)
- 1921
- 1948
What was the last hunger strike undertaken by Mahatma Gandhi?
What was the last hunger strike undertaken by Mahatma Gandhi?
- To ease poverty
- To expand womens rights
- To stop religious violence
- To pressure India to pay out some cash assets owed to Pakistan (correct)
When did Mahatma Gandhi pass away?
When did Mahatma Gandhi pass away?
- October 2, 1869
- January 12, 1948
- January 30, 1948 (correct)
- December 31, 1948
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Study Notes
- Mahatma Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869 in the town of Porbandar in Gujarat, India.
- He was educated at the Inner Temple in London and became a lawyer in 1891.
- He moved to South Africa in 1893 to represent an Indian merchant in a lawsuit, and lived there for 21 years.
- He became leader of the Indian National Congress in 1921 and led nationwide campaigns for easing poverty, expanding womens rights, building religious and ethnic amity, ending untouchability, and achieving self-rule.
- In the months following independence, he undertook several hunger strikes to stop religious violence.
- The last of these, begun in Delhi on January 12, 1948, had the indirect goal of pressuring India to pay out some cash assets owed to Pakistan.
- Gandhi died on January 30, 1948.
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