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Where was Mahatma Gandhi born and raised?
What was Gandhi's profession?
What method did Gandhi use to lead India's successful campaign for independence?
What did Gandhi challenge with the Dandi Salt March in 1930?
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What did Gandhi undertake several hunger strikes for after India gained independence?
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Study Notes
- Mahatma Gandhi was an Indian lawyer and anti-colonial nationalist.
- He employed nonviolent resistance to lead India's successful campaign for independence from British rule.
- He inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.
- Gandhi was born and raised in a Hindu family in coastal Gujarat.
- He trained in law in London and moved to South Africa in 1893.
- In South Africa, he raised a family and employed nonviolent resistance in a campaign for civil rights.
- Gandhi returned to India in 1915 and led nationwide campaigns for easing poverty, expanding women's rights, and achieving self-rule.
- He adopted a simple lifestyle and undertook long fasts as a means of both introspection and political protest.
- Gandhi challenged the British-imposed salt tax with the Dandi Salt March in 1930 and called for the British to quit India in 1942.
- After India gained independence, religious violence broke out, and Gandhi undertook several hunger strikes to stop it, including one in 1948 that had the goal of pressuring India to pay out cash assets owed to Pakistan.
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