Mahatma Gandhi's Life Quiz

• 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.

Test your knowledge about the life of Mahatma Gandhi, from his early struggles as a lawyer to his leadership in India's independence movement and his commitment to nonviolent resistance.