5 Questions
What was Gandhi's profession?
Lawyer
What method did Gandhi use to lead the successful campaign for India's independence?
Nonviolent resistance
Where did Gandhi train in law?
London
What did Gandhi campaign for in South Africa?
Civil rights
What did Gandhi lead nationwide campaigns for in India?
Achieving self-rule
Study Notes
- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer and political ethicist.
- He employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule.
- Gandhi was born in 1869 and died in 1948.
- He trained in law in London and moved to South Africa in 1893.
- Gandhi raised a family and employed nonviolent resistance in a campaign for civil rights in South Africa.
- He returned to India in 1915 and assumed leadership of the Indian National Congress in 1921.
- Gandhi led nationwide campaigns for easing poverty, expanding women's rights, ending untouchability, and achieving self-rule.
- He was imprisoned many times in both South Africa and India.
- India gained independence in August 1947 but was partitioned into India and Pakistan, leading to religious violence.
- Gandhi undertook several hunger strikes to stop the religious violence and pressured India to pay out cash assets owed to Pakistan.
Test your knowledge on the life of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the Indian lawyer and political ethicist who led the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule. Learn about his nonviolent resistance tactics, his campaigns for civil rights, and his imprisonment in both South Africa and India. Explore his contributions to expanding women's rights and ending untouchability, as well as his efforts to ease poverty and achieve self-rule. Take this quiz to see how much you know about the man who inspired
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