How well do you know Mahatma Gandhi and his fight for independence?

Study Notes

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.
He was born and raised in a Hindu family in coastal Gujarat.
Gandhi trained in law at the Inner Temple, London and was called to the bar at age 22.
He moved to South Africa in 1893 and lived there for 21 years, raising a family and employing nonviolent resistance in a campaign for civil rights.
Gandhi led nationwide campaigns for easing poverty, expanding women's rights, building religious and ethnic amity, ending untouchability, and achieving self-rule.
He was imprisoned many times and for many years 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.
Gandhi attempted to alleviate distress caused by religious violence and undertook several hunger strikes to stop it.