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Where was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi born and raised?
Where was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi born and raised?
- Mumbai
- Kolkata
- Coastal Gujarat (correct)
- Delhi
What method did Gandhi employ to lead the campaign for India's independence?
What method did Gandhi employ to lead the campaign for India's independence?
- Political lobbying
- Violent resistance
- Military intervention
- Nonviolent resistance (correct)
In which country did Gandhi first employ nonviolent resistance in a campaign for civil rights?
In which country did Gandhi first employ nonviolent resistance in a campaign for civil rights?
- United Kingdom
- India
- United States
- South Africa (correct)
Which organization did Gandhi assume leadership of in 1921?
Which organization did Gandhi assume leadership of in 1921?
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What did Gandhi undertake several hunger strikes to stop?
What did Gandhi undertake several hunger strikes to stop?
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Study Notes
- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist.
- He employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule.
- Gandhi inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.
- He was born and raised in a Hindu family in coastal Gujarat and trained in law in London.
- Gandhi lived in South Africa for 21 years, where he first employed nonviolent resistance in a campaign for civil rights.
- 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, and achieving self-rule.
- He was imprisoned many times and for many years in both South Africa and India.
- In August 1947, Britain granted independence, but the British Indian Empire was partitioned into two dominions, a Hindu-majority India and a Muslim-majority Pakistan.
- Gandhi visited the affected areas of religious violence and undertook several hunger strikes to stop it.
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