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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?
- South Africa (correct)
- India
- Pakistan
- United Kingdom
What was the main goal of the 400 km Dandi Salt March led by Gandhi in 1930?
What was the main goal of the 400 km Dandi Salt March led by Gandhi in 1930?
- To achieve swaraj or self-rule
- To expand women's rights
- To protest against excessive land-tax and discrimination
- To challenge the British-imposed salt tax (correct)
What was the indirect goal of the hunger strike undertaken by Gandhi in Delhi in January 1948?
What was the indirect goal of the hunger strike undertaken by Gandhi in Delhi in January 1948?
- To pressure India to pay out some cash assets owed to Pakistan (correct)
- To stop the religious violence in Punjab and Bengal
- To achieve swaraj or self-rule
- To grant independence to India