5 Questions
What was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi's profession?
Lawyer
What method did Gandhi use to lead India's independence movement?
Nonviolent resistance
What was the honorific title given to Gandhi in 1914?
Mahātmā
What were some of the campaigns Gandhi led in India?
Easing poverty and expanding women's rights
How did Gandhi respond to the religious violence that broke out after India's independence?
He undertook several hunger strikes
Study Notes
- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer and anti-colonial nationalist.
- He used 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.
- The honorific Mahātmā (great-souled) was first applied to him in 1914 in South Africa.
- He lived in South Africa for 21 years and 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, ending untouchability, and achieving self-rule.
- He was imprisoned many times in both South Africa and India.
- In August 1947, Britain granted independence, but the British Indian Empire was partitioned into two dominions, India and Pakistan.
- Religious violence broke out, and Gandhi undertook several hunger strikes to stop it.
- He was assassinated on 30 January 1948 in Delhi.
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