How much do you know about the life and legacy of Mahatma Gandhi?

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, where he first employed nonviolent resistance in a campaign for civil rights.
In 1915, he returned to India 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 both 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.
Britain granted independence in 1947, but the British Indian Empire was partitioned into two dominions.
Gandhi attempted to alleviate religious violence in the affected areas and undertook several hunger strikes to stop it.