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What did Gandhi do during his time in South Africa?
What did Gandhi challenge with the Dandi Salt March in 1930?
What did Gandhi do to stop religious violence after India gained independence in 1947?
Study Notes
- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer and anti-colonial nationalist.
- 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 coastal Gujarat in 1869 and trained in law in London.
- Gandhi lived in South Africa for 21 years and employed nonviolent resistance in a campaign for civil rights.
- In 1915, he returned to India and assumed leadership of the Indian National Congress.
- Gandhi 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 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.
- India gained independence in 1947, but religious violence broke out, and Gandhi undertook hunger strikes to stop it. He was assassinated in 1948.
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"Test your knowledge on the life and legacy of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the Indian independence leader who inspired nonviolent resistance movements worldwide. Learn about his early life, legal training, and campaign for civil rights in South Africa. Explore his leadership of the Indian National Congress and his nationwide campaigns for social justice, women's rights, and self-rule. Discover how Gandhi's simple lifestyle and political protests, including long fasts, challenged British rule and paved the way for India's independence. Take
