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What was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi known for?
Being an Indian lawyer and anti-colonial nationalist
Where did Gandhi first employ nonviolent resistance?
South Africa
What did Gandhi lead nationwide campaigns for in India?
Achieving self-rule
What challenged Gandhi's vision of an independent India in the 1940s?
Muslim nationalism
How did Gandhi pass away?
Assassination
Study Notes
- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer and anti-colonial nationalist.
- He used nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule.
- Gandhi inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.
- He was born in Gujarat in 1869 and trained in law in London.
- Gandhi lived in South Africa for 21 years and first employed nonviolent resistance in a campaign for civil rights.
- He returned to India in 1915 and assumed leadership of the Indian National Congress in 1921.
- Gandhi led nationwide campaigns for easing poverty, expanding women's rights, and achieving self-rule.
- He was imprisoned many times in both South Africa and India.
- Gandhi's vision of an independent India based on religious pluralism was challenged by Muslim nationalism in the 1940s.
- He was assassinated in Delhi in 1948 at the age of 78.
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