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What was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi's profession?
What was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi's profession?
- Engineer
- Lawyer (correct)
- Scientist
- Doctor
Where did Gandhi first employ nonviolent resistance in a campaign for civil rights?
Where did Gandhi first employ nonviolent resistance in a campaign for civil rights?
- United States
- Australia
- India
- South Africa (correct)
What did Gandhi do upon his return to India in 1915?
What did Gandhi do upon his return to India in 1915?
- Became a politician
- Organized protests against excessive land-tax and discrimination (correct)
- Wrote a book
- Started a business
What did Gandhi lead nationwide campaigns for in India?
What did Gandhi lead nationwide campaigns for in India?
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How did Gandhi attempt to alleviate distress during the religious violence that broke out after India's independence?
How did Gandhi attempt to alleviate distress during the religious violence that broke out after India's independence?
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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 was born in coastal Gujarat in 1869 and trained in law in London.
- He moved to South Africa in 1893 and lived there for 21 years, where he first employed nonviolent resistance in a campaign for civil rights.
- In 1915, he returned to India and began organizing protests against excessive land-tax and discrimination.
- Gandhi led nationwide campaigns for easing poverty, expanding women's rights, building religious and ethnic amity, and achieving self-rule.
- He was imprisoned many times in both South Africa and India.
- In 1947, Britain granted independence, but the British Indian Empire was partitioned into two dominions, India and Pakistan.
- Religious violence broke out, and Gandhi attempted to alleviate distress through several hunger strikes.
- He was assassinated in January 1948 at the age of 78.
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