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Where did Gandhi first employ nonviolent resistance in a campaign for civil rights?
Where did Gandhi first employ nonviolent resistance in a campaign for civil rights?
- England
- India
- Pakistan
- South Africa (correct)
What did Gandhi adopt as a mark of identification with India's rural poor?
What did Gandhi adopt as a mark of identification with India's rural poor?
- The short dhoti woven with hand-spun yarn (correct)
- A suit and tie
- A traditional turban
- Western clothing
What was the goal of the 400 km Dandi Salt March led by Gandhi in 1930?
What was the goal of the 400 km Dandi Salt March led by Gandhi in 1930?
- To achieve swaraj or self-rule
- To demand a separate homeland for Muslims within British India
- To challenge the British-imposed salt tax (correct)
- To protest against excessive land-tax and discrimination