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Where did Mahatma Gandhi live for 21 years and employ nonviolent resistance in a campaign for civil rights?
Where did Mahatma Gandhi live for 21 years and employ nonviolent resistance in a campaign for civil rights?
What did Gandhi challenge in the early 1940s that led to the partition of British India into two dominions?
What did Gandhi challenge in the early 1940s that led to the partition of British India into two dominions?
What did Gandhi do to alleviate distress after religious violence broke out following India's independence?
What did Gandhi do to alleviate distress after religious violence broke out following India's independence?
What was Gandhi's profession before becoming a political leader?
What was Gandhi's profession before becoming a political leader?
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What did Gandhi use to lead India's successful campaign for independence from British rule?
What did Gandhi use to lead India's successful campaign for independence from British rule?
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Study Notes
- Mahatma Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, nationalist, and political ethicist.
- He used nonviolent resistance to lead India's successful campaign for independence from British rule.
- He inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.
- Gandhi was born in Gujarat in 1869 and trained in law in London.
- He moved to South Africa in 1893 and lived there for 21 years, employing nonviolent resistance in a campaign for civil rights.
- In 1915, he returned to India and led campaigns for easing poverty, expanding women's rights, and achieving self-rule.
- Gandhi was imprisoned many times in both South Africa and India.
- He challenged Muslim nationalism in the early 1940s, which led to the partition of British India into two dominions.
- After independence, religious violence broke out, and Gandhi attempted to alleviate distress through hunger strikes.
- He undertook his last hunger strike in 1948, pressuring India to pay out cash assets owed to Pakistan.
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Test your knowledge on the life and legacy of Mahatma Gandhi, the Indian lawyer and political activist who led the nonviolent resistance movement for India's independence from British rule. From his early years in Gujarat to his campaigns for civil rights and self-rule in India, Gandhi inspired global movements for civil rights and freedom. This quiz will challenge your understanding of his life, imprisonment, and tragic death, as well as his impact on the world.
