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What motivated Mahatma Gandhi to pursue civil rights in 1915?
Mahatma Gandhi was motivated to pursue civil rights in 1915 because he wanted to end poverty, expand women's rights, and promote religious and ethnic amity.
What was the timeline of events leading up to Indian independence in 1947?
In 1915, Mahatma Gandhi began to employ nonviolent resistance in a campaign for civil rights. He then led nationwide campaigns for easing poverty, expanding womens rights, building religious and ethnic amity, and achieving swaraj or self-rule. In 1947, Britain granted independence to India and the British Indian Empire was partitioned into two dominions, a Hindu-majority India and a Muslim-majority Pakistan.
Describe Gandhi's hunger strikes in the months following independence.
After India's independence in 1947, Gandhi undertook several hunger strikes in the months following independence 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.
Study Notes
- Mahatma Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869 in the city of Porbandar in Gujarat, western India.
- He attended the Inner Temple in London, where he studied law and was called to the bar in 1891.
- Gandhi moved to South Africa in 1893 to represent an Indian merchant in a lawsuit, but was unsuccessful.
- He began to employ nonviolent resistance in a campaign for civil rights in 1915.
- Gandhi led nationwide campaigns for easing poverty, expanding womens rights, building religious and ethnic amity, ending untouchability, and, above all, achieving swaraj or self-rule.
- In 1947, Britain granted independence to India and the British Indian Empire was partitioned into two dominions, a Hindu-majority India and a Muslim-majority Pakistan.
- Gandhi refused to celebrate independence and visited the affected areas after it was granted.
- Gandhi undertook several hunger strikes in the months following independence 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.
Mahatma Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869 in the city of Porbandar in Gujarat, western India. He attended the Inner Temple in London, where he studied law and was called to the bar in 1891. He moved to South Africa in 1893 to represent an Indian merchant in a lawsuit, but was unsuccessful. Gandhi began to employ nonviolent resistance in a campaign for civil rights in 1915. Gandhi led nationwide campaigns for easing poverty, expanding womens rights, building religious and ethnic amity, ending untouchability, and, above all, achieving swaraj or self-rule. In 1947, Britain granted independence to India and the British Indian Empire was partitioned into two dominions, a Hindu-majority India and a Muslim-majority Pakistan. Gandhi refused to celebrate independence and visited the affected areas after it was granted. Gandhi undertook several hunger strikes in the months following independence 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.
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Test your knowledge about Mahatma Gandhi's life, achievements, and contributions to India's independence movement. Learn more about his early life, education, time in South Africa, and his nonviolent resistance campaigns for civil rights.
