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When did Mahatma Gandhi die?
When did Mahatma Gandhi die?
- October 2nd, 1869
- January 30th, 1948 (correct)
- 1893
- 1947
What did Gandhi do in South Africa?
What did Gandhi do in South Africa?
- Represent an Indian merchant in a lawsuit (correct)
- Lead the Indian National Congress
- Protest against discrimination
- End untouchability
What did Gandhi attempt to do after India's independence was granted?
What did Gandhi attempt to do after India's independence was granted?
- Start his own law practice
- Pressure the Indian government to pay out some cash assets owed to Pakistan (correct)
- Visit the affected areas
- Expand womens rights
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Study Notes
- Mahatma Gandhi was born on October 2nd, 1869 in Gujarat, India.
- He trained as a lawyer and started his own law practice in India but it was unsuccessful.
- In 1893, he moved to South Africa to represent an Indian merchant in a lawsuit.
- He became involved in the struggle for civil rights and started using nonviolent resistance to protest against discrimination.
- In 1915, he returned to India and took leadership of the Indian National Congress.
- He led nationwide campaigns for a variety of social reforms, including ending untouchability and expanding womens rights.
- In 1947, Britain granted independence to India and the British Indian Empire was partitioned into Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Pakistan.
- Gandhi visited the affected areas after the independence was granted and attempted to stop religious violence.
- He undertook several hunger strikes in the years following independence to pressure the Indian government to pay out some cash assets owed to Pakistan.
- Gandhi died on January 30th, 1948 at the age of 80.
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