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

• 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.

Test your knowledge on one of the most influential figures in modern history with our Gandhi quiz. Learn about his life, achievements, and struggles as an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist. Discover how he employed nonviolent resistance to lead India to independence from British rule and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. Take the quiz and see how much you know about Gandhi's upbringing in a Hindu family, his training in law in London, his campaigns for social justice