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What was the reason for Gandhi's imprisonment in both South Africa and India?
What was the reason for Gandhi's imprisonment in both South Africa and India?
- He led nationwide campaigns for social justice
- He challenged Muslim nationalism
- He advocated for religious pluralism
- He employed nonviolent resistance (correct)
What was the purpose of Gandhi's last hunger strike in 1948?
What was the purpose of Gandhi's last hunger strike in 1948?
- To advocate for religious pluralism
- To gain independence for India
- To stop the violence between India and Pakistan (correct)
- To campaign for civil rights in South Africa
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Study Notes
- Mahatma Gandhi was an Indian lawyer and political ethicist.
- He employed nonviolent resistance to lead India's successful campaign for independence from British rule.
- Gandhi inspired movements for civil rights and freedom worldwide.
- He was born in Gujarat in 1869 and trained in law in London.
- Gandhi first employed nonviolent resistance in South Africa in a campaign for civil rights.
- He returned to India in 1915 and led nationwide campaigns for social justice, self-rule, and religious and ethnic amity.
- Gandhi was imprisoned many times in both South Africa and India.
- He challenged Muslim nationalism in the early 1940s and advocated for religious pluralism.
- India gained independence in 1947, but the British Indian Empire was partitioned into India and Pakistan, leading to religious violence.
- Gandhi undertook several hunger strikes to stop the violence, and his last hunger strike in 1948 aimed to pressure India to pay out cash assets owed to Pakistan.
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