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Where did Mahatma Gandhi first employ nonviolent resistance in a campaign for civil rights?
Where did Mahatma Gandhi first employ nonviolent resistance in a campaign for civil rights?
- South Africa (correct)
- India
- Gujarat
- London
What was Gandhi's profession before becoming a political leader?
What was Gandhi's profession before becoming a political leader?
- Lawyer (correct)
- Teacher
- Doctor
- Engineer
What was the main focus of Gandhi's campaigns?
What was the main focus of Gandhi's campaigns?
- Expanding animal rights
- Encouraging dictatorship
- Easing poverty (correct)
- Promoting monarchy
How did Gandhi protest politically and introspect?
How did Gandhi protest politically and introspect?
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What was the reason for Gandhi's assassination?
What was the reason for Gandhi's assassination?
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Study Notes
- Mahatma Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, nationalist, and political ethicist.
- He used nonviolent resistance to lead India's successful campaign for independence from British rule.
- Gandhi inspired civil rights and freedom movements worldwide.
- He was born in Gujarat, India, in 1869 and trained in law in London.
- Gandhi lived in South Africa for 21 years, where he first employed nonviolent resistance in a campaign for civil rights.
- He returned to India in 1915 and assumed leadership of the Indian National Congress in 1921.
- Gandhi led campaigns for easing poverty, expanding women's rights, ending untouchability, and achieving self-rule.
- He adopted a simple lifestyle and fasting as a means of political protest and introspection.
- Gandhi was imprisoned many times in both South Africa and India.
- He was assassinated in January 1948, while on a hunger strike to stop religious violence.
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