Questions and Answers
Where did Mahatma Gandhi study law?
London
What was the primary method used by Gandhi to lead India's independence movement?
Nonviolent resistance
What did Gandhi do to challenge the British-imposed salt tax?
He organized a protest march
What was the purpose of Gandhi's long fasts?
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How did Gandhi respond to the religious violence that broke out after India gained independence?
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Study Notes
- Mahatma 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.
- 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 and raised a family there.
- He led nationwide campaigns for easing poverty, expanding women's rights, building religious and ethnic amity, and ending untouchability.
- 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 400 km Dandi Salt March in 1930 and called for the British to quit India in 1942.
- After India gained independence, religious violence broke out, and Gandhi undertook several hunger strikes to stop it.
- He was assassinated on 30 January 1948.
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