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Where did Gandhi receive his law training?
Where did Gandhi receive his law training?
- New Delhi
- London (correct)
- Mumbai
- Kolkata
What was Gandhi's primary method of resistance?
What was Gandhi's primary method of resistance?
- Political maneuvering
- Nonviolent resistance (correct)
- Bribery
- Violence
What did Gandhi challenge with the Dandi Salt March?
What did Gandhi challenge with the Dandi Salt March?
- British-imposed alcohol tax
- British-imposed sugar tax
- British-imposed salt tax (correct)
- British-imposed tea tax
What was Gandhi's vision for an independent India?
What was Gandhi's vision for an independent India?
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What did Gandhi campaign for upon his return to India in 1915?
What did Gandhi campaign for upon his return to India in 1915?
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Study Notes
- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer and anti-colonial nationalist.
- 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.
- Gandhi was born and raised in a Hindu family in coastal Gujarat.
- He trained in law in London and moved to South Africa in 1893.
- Gandhi raised a family and first employed nonviolent resistance in a campaign for civil rights in South Africa.
- He returned to India in 1915 and led nationwide campaigns for easing poverty, expanding women's rights, and achieving self-rule.
- Gandhi adopted a simple lifestyle and undertook long fasts as a means of both introspection and political protest.
- 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, which led to the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947.
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