How well do you know Mahatma Gandhi's life and legacy?

Study Notes

Mahatma Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, nationalist, and political ethicist.
He employed nonviolent resistance to lead India's successful campaign for independence from British rule.
Gandhi was born in Gujarat in 1869 and trained in law in London.
He lived in South Africa for 21 years and employed nonviolent resistance in a campaign for civil rights.
Gandhi returned to India in 1915 and led 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 introspection and protest.
Gandhi led Indians in challenging the British-imposed salt tax and calling for the British to quit India.
He was imprisoned many times in both South Africa and India.
Gandhi's vision of religious pluralism was challenged by Muslim nationalism in the 1940s, leading to the partition of India and Pakistan.
Gandhi attempted to alleviate religious violence and undertook hunger strikes to stop it, including one in January 1948 which had the goal of pressuring India to pay out cash assets owed to Pakistan.