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What was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi known for?
What was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi known for?
- Being a doctor
- Being a lawyer (correct)
- Being a businessman
- Being a teacher
Where did Gandhi employ nonviolent resistance in a campaign for civil rights?
Where did Gandhi employ nonviolent resistance in a campaign for civil rights?
- India
- South Africa (correct)
- China
- United States
What did Gandhi challenge with the Dandi Salt March in 1930?
What did Gandhi challenge with the Dandi Salt March in 1930?
- British-imposed salt tax (correct)
- British-imposed alcohol tax
- British-imposed sugar tax
- British-imposed tea tax
What did Gandhi work to alleviate after India gained independence in 1947?
What did Gandhi work to alleviate after India gained independence in 1947?
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What did Gandhi adopt as a means of introspection and political protest?
What did Gandhi adopt as a means of introspection and political protest?
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- 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.
- He inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.
- Gandhi was born in 1869 in coastal Gujarat and trained in law in London.
- He lived in South Africa for 21 years, raising a family and employing nonviolent resistance in a campaign for civil rights.
- He returned to India in 1915 and led nationwide campaigns for easing poverty, expanding women's rights, and achieving self-rule.
- Gandhi adopted a simple lifestyle and undertook long fasts as a means of introspection and political protest.
- He 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 was partitioned into two dominions, India and Pakistan.
- Gandhi worked to alleviate religious violence and undertook several hunger strikes before his assassination in 1948.
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