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Where was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi born and raised?
Where was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi born and raised?
- In a Hindu family in coastal Gujarat (correct)
- In a Christian family in coastal Gujarat
- In a Muslim family in coastal Gujarat
- In a Buddhist family in coastal Gujarat
What did Gandhi do in South Africa for 21 years?
What did Gandhi do in South Africa for 21 years?
- Adopted simple living and undertook long fasts as a means of introspection
- Raised a family and employed nonviolent resistance in a campaign for civil rights (correct)
- Led nationwide campaigns for easing poverty and expanding women's rights
- Worked as a lawyer and fought for Indian independence
What did Gandhi challenge with the Dandi Salt March in 1930?
What did Gandhi challenge with the Dandi Salt March in 1930?
- The British-imposed salt tax (correct)
- The British-imposed sugar tax
- The British-imposed alcohol tax
- The British-imposed tea tax
What was Gandhi's vision for an independent India based on?
What was Gandhi's vision for an independent India based on?
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What did Gandhi do to try to stop the religious violence that occurred after India's independence in 1947?
What did Gandhi do to try to stop the religious violence that occurred after India's independence in 1947?
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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.
- Gandhi inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world and was given the honorific Mahatma.
- 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, raised a family, and employed nonviolent resistance in a campaign for civil rights.
- In 1915, he returned to India and led nationwide campaigns for easing poverty, expanding women's rights, and achieving self-rule.
- Gandhi adopted simple living, wore a short dhoti, and undertook long fasts as a means of 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 in the early 1940s.
- In August 1947, India was granted independence, but the British Indian Empire was partitioned into two dominions, leading to religious violence. Gandhi attempted to alleviate distress and undertook hunger strikes to stop the violence.
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