15 Questions
What was Gandhi's profession?
Lawyer
Where did Gandhi first employ nonviolent resistance in a campaign for civil rights?
South Africa
What is the meaning of the honorific Mahātmā?
Great-souled, enerable
What was the goal of the Dandi Salt March in 1930?
To challenge the British-imposed salt tax
What was the indirect goal of Gandhi's last hunger strike in 1948?
To pressurize India to pay out some cash assets owed to Pakistan
What was the main goal of Gandhi's Dandi Salt March?
To challenge the British-imposed salt tax
What was the significance of the partition of British India in 1947?
It created two dominions, India and Pakistan
What did Gandhi adopt as a mark of identification with India's rural poor?
A dhoti woven with hand-spun yarn
What was the main goal of Gandhi's hunger strikes in the months following India's independence?
To stop the religious violence in Punjab and Bengal
What was the main focus of Gandhi's campaigns as the leader of the Indian National Congress?
Achieving swaraj or self-rule
What was the main goal of the Dandi Salt March in 1930?
To challenge the British-imposed salt tax
What was the name of the honorific applied to Gandhi in 1914?
Mahatma
What was the main reason for the partition of British India in 1947?
To create a Muslim-majority country
What was the goal of Gandhi's hunger strikes in the months following India's independence in 1947?
To stop the religious violence in Punjab and Bengal
What was the significance of Gandhi adopting the short dhoti woven with hand-spun yarn?
It was a mark of identification with India's rural poor
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