How much do you know about Mahatma Gandhi's life and legacy?
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What did Gandhi do during his time in South Africa?

  • He led a successful campaign for India's independence from British rule
  • He employed nonviolent resistance in a campaign for civil rights. (correct)
  • He trained in law at a university.
  • He adopted a simple lifestyle and undertook long fasts as a means of political protest.
  • What did Gandhi challenge with the Dandi Salt March in 1930?

  • The call for the British to quit India in 1942
  • The Indian National Congress
  • The campaign for civil rights in South Africa
  • The British-imposed salt tax (correct)
  • What did Gandhi do to stop religious violence after India gained independence in 1947?

  • He assumed leadership of the Indian National Congress.
  • He undertook hunger strikes. (correct)
  • He led nationwide campaigns for easing poverty and expanding women's rights.
  • He challenged the British-imposed salt tax with the Dandi Salt March.
  • 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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