Mahatma Gandhi's Life Quiz

Study Notes

Mahatma Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869 in Gujarat, India
He attended the Inner Temple in London and was called to the bar in 1891
Gandhi moved to South Africa in 1893 to represent an Indian merchant in a lawsuit
He lived in South Africa for 21 years
Gandhi first employed nonviolent resistance in a campaign for civil rights
In 1915, aged 45, he returned to India and soon set about organising peasants, farmers, and urban labourers to protest against excessive land-tax and discrimination
Gandhi assumed leadership of the Indian National Congress in 1921
Gandhi led nationwide campaigns for easing poverty, expanding womens rights, building religious and ethnic amity, ending untouchability, and, above all, achieving swaraj or self-rule
Gandhi adopted the short dhoti woven with hand-spun yarn as a mark of identification with Indias rural poor
Gandhi began to live in a self-sufficient residential community, to eat simple food, and undertake long fasts as a means of both introspection and political protest
In 1947, Britain granted independence to India and the British Indian Empire was partitioned into two dominions, a Hindu-majority India and a Muslim-majority Pakistan
Gandhi visited the affected areas after independence and attempted to alleviate distress
Gandhi fasted for over 60 days in 1948 to press for payment from India to Pakistan
India became a republic in 1950 and Gandhi was assassinated in January 1948.