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

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Wat was de belangrijkste methode die Gandhi gebruikte om India's succesvolle campagne voor onafhankelijkheid te leiden?

  • Gewelddadige weerstand
  • Vreedzame weerstand (correct)
  • Militaire acties
  • Diplomatieke onderhandelingen

Waar werd Gandhi geboren en opgevoed?

  • Kust van Gujarat (correct)
  • Bangalore
  • Mumbai
  • Delhi

Wat was de belangrijkste reden voor Gandhi's Dandi Salt March in 1930?

  • Het verkrijgen van meer land voor boeren
  • Het uitdagen van de Britse opgelegde zoutbelasting (correct)
  • Het verkrijgen van meer rechten voor vrouwen
  • Het bevorderen van religieuze tolerantie

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Study Notes

  • Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer and anti-colonial nationalist.
  • He employed nonviolent resistance to lead India's successful campaign for independence from British rule.
  • Gandhi inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.
  • He was born and raised in a Hindu family in coastal Gujarat 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.
  • 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 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.
  • Gandhi's vision of an independent India based on religious pluralism was challenged by Muslim nationalism.
  • He attempted to alleviate religious violence in the aftermath of India's independence and undertook several hunger strikes.

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