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Where was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi born and raised?
Where was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi born and raised?
- Kolkata
- New Delhi
- Mumbai
- Coastal Gujarat (correct)
What did Gandhi employ to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule?
What did Gandhi employ to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule?
- Violent resistance
- Peaceful protests (correct)
- Military tactics
- Economic sanctions
What did Gandhi challenge with the Dandi Salt March in 1930?
What did Gandhi challenge with the Dandi Salt March in 1930?
- The Indian government's rice tax
- The British-imposed tea tax
- The British-imposed salt tax (correct)
- The Indian government's wheat tax
What did Gandhi undertake several hunger strikes to stop after India gained independence?
What did Gandhi undertake several hunger strikes to stop after India gained independence?
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What did Gandhi campaign for after assuming leadership of the Indian National Congress?
What did Gandhi campaign for after assuming leadership of the Indian National Congress?
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- Mohandas Karamchand 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.
- Gandhi inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.
- He was born and raised in a Hindu family in coastal Gujarat and trained in law in London.
- Gandhi lived in South Africa for 21 years and employed nonviolent resistance in a campaign for civil rights.
- In 1915, he returned to India and assumed leadership of the Indian National Congress.
- Gandhi led nationwide campaigns for easing poverty, expanding women's rights, and achieving self-rule.
- He adopted a simple lifestyle and undertook long fasts as a means of both introspection and political protest.
- Gandhi challenged the British-imposed salt tax with the Dandi Salt March in 1930 and called for the British to quit India in 1942.
- After India gained independence, religious violence broke out, and Gandhi undertook several hunger strikes to stop it.
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