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Where was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi born and raised?
Where was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi born and raised?
What method did Gandhi employ to lead India's successful campaign for independence from British rule?
What method did Gandhi employ to lead India's successful campaign for independence from British rule?
What inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world?
What inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world?
What did Gandhi organize peasants, farmers, and urban laborers to protest against upon his return to India in 1915?
What did Gandhi organize peasants, farmers, and urban laborers to protest against upon his return to India in 1915?
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How did Gandhi die?
How did Gandhi die?
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Study Notes
- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, nationalist, and political ethicist.
- He employed nonviolent resistance to lead India's successful campaign for independence from British rule.
- He inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.
- Gandhi was born and raised in a Hindu family in coastal Gujarat.
- After training in law in London, he moved to South Africa in 1893.
- He lived in South Africa for 21 years and employed nonviolent resistance in a campaign for civil rights.
- In 1915, he returned to India and began organizing peasants, farmers, and urban laborers to protest against discrimination and excessive land tax.
- He led nationwide campaigns for easing poverty, expanding women's rights, building religious and ethnic amity, ending untouchability, and achieving self-rule.
- Gandhi was imprisoned many times and for many years in both South Africa and India.
- He was assassinated in Delhi on 30 January 1948 at the age of 78.
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Test your knowledge about the life and legacy of Mahatma Gandhi, the renowned Indian leader who employed nonviolent resistance to lead India's successful campaign for independence from British rule. This quiz covers his early life, his time in South Africa, and his role in organizing nationwide campaigns for civil rights and self-rule in India. See how much you know about Gandhi's inspiring movements for freedom and his enduring impact on the world.
