5 Questions
What was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi's nickname?
The Mahatma
What method did Gandhi employ in his campaigns for civil rights?
Nonviolent resistance
What did Gandhi challenge with the Dandi Salt March in 1930?
British-imposed tax on salt
What was the indirect goal of Gandhi's hunger strike in January 1948?
To pressure India to pay out cash assets owed to Pakistan
What was the challenge to Gandhi's vision of an independent India?
Muslim nationalism
Study Notes
- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer and anti-colonial nationalist.
- He led the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule.
- Gandhi inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.
- He was called Mahatma, meaning great-souled, first in South Africa and then throughout the world.
- Gandhi employed nonviolent resistance in his campaigns for civil rights.
- 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 in both South Africa and India.
- He challenged the British-imposed salt tax with the Dandi Salt March in 1930 and called for the British to quit India in 1942.
- Gandhi's vision of an independent India based on religious pluralism was challenged by Muslim nationalism in the early 1940s.
- Gandhi undertook several hunger strikes to stop religious violence, including one in January 1948, which had the indirect goal of pressuring India to pay out cash assets owed to Pakistan.
Test your knowledge on the life and legacy of Mahatma Gandhi, the Indian lawyer and anti-colonial nationalist who led the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule. Discover how Gandhi inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, and how he employed nonviolent resistance in his campaigns for civil rights. Find out more about his vision of an independent India based on religious pluralism, his challenges with Muslim nationalism, and his hunger strikes to stop religious violence. Take this quiz to learn
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