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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, nationalist, and political ethicist.
He employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule.
Gandhi was born and raised in a Hindu family in coastal Gujarat and trained in law in London.
He moved to South Africa in 1893 and lived there for 21 years, where he first employed nonviolent resistance in a campaign for civil rights.
Gandhi returned to India in 1915 and led nationwide campaigns for poverty, women's rights, religious and ethnic amity, and self-rule.
He adopted the short dhoti as a mark of identification with India's rural poor and lived in a self-sufficient residential community.
Gandhi led the Dandi Salt March in 1930 and called for the British to quit India in 1942.
Britain granted independence in August 1947, but the British Indian Empire was partitioned into two dominions, India and Pakistan.
Religious violence broke out, especially in the Punjab and Bengal, and Gandhi attempted to alleviate distress by visiting affected areas and undertaking hunger strikes.
Gandhi's last hunger strike, begun in Delhi on 12 January 1948, had the indirect goal of pressuring India to pay out some cash assets owed to Pakistan.

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Test your knowledge of one of the most influential figures in modern history with our Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi quiz! Learn about his life, his beliefs, and his leadership in the successful campaign for Indian independence from British rule. From his early years in South Africa to his adoption of nonviolent resistance and his famous Dandi Salt March, this quiz covers all the key moments in Gandhi's life. See how much you really know about this icon of social justice and political ethics.