Questions and Answers
What was Gandhi's primary method of resistance during India's independence movement?
Where did Gandhi first use nonviolent resistance in a campaign for civil rights?
What were some of the campaigns that Gandhi led in India?
Study Notes
- Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, 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 in Gujarat in 1869 and trained in law in London.
- He lived in South Africa for 21 years where he first employed nonviolent resistance in a campaign for civil rights.
- Gandhi returned to India in 1915 and assumed leadership of the Indian National Congress in 1921.
- He led nationwide campaigns for easing poverty, expanding women's rights, ending untouchability, and achieving self-rule.
- Gandhi was imprisoned many times in both South Africa and India.
- He challenged the British-imposed salt tax with the Dandi Salt March in 1930 and called for the British to quit India in 1942.
- In August 1947, India was granted independence, but it was partitioned into two dominions, India and Pakistan, leading to religious violence.
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Test your knowledge on the life and achievements of Mahatma Gandhi, the Indian lawyer who led the nonviolent resistance movement for India's independence from British rule. This quiz covers his early life, campaigns for civil rights and freedom, leadership of the Indian National Congress, imprisonment, and the historic partition of India. Put your knowledge to the test and discover more about this inspiring leader who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.
