Mahatma Gandhi and Non-violent Resistance

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What was Mahatma Gandhi's ultimate objective?

To search after truth

What influenced Gandhi to question the dogmas of his own religion?

His exposure to Christianity and Islam

What did Gandhi consider as his God?

Truth

Where did Gandhi establish the Tolstoy Ashram, which became a center for his social, religious, and political reform movements?

South Africa

What is Satyagraha?

Non-violent resistance

What concept did Gandhi develop in South Africa that remained a primary means of protest against injustices throughout his life?

Satyagraha and non-violence

Who provided leadership in India from the 1920s until its independence in 1947?

Mahatma Gandhi

Which writer's work greatly influenced Gandhi, as mentioned in the text?

Leo Tolstoy

What did Anthony J Parel classify as 'Pax Gandhiana'?

Gandhiji's political philosophy

What text did Gandhi cherish the most among those mentioned in the passage?

Bhagavad Gita

Who led movements inspired by Gandhi's ideals in the modern world?

Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela

What was the significant text that influenced Gandhi's practice of civil disobedience?

Principle of Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau

Test your knowledge on Mahatma Gandhi's principles of non-violent resistance and leadership in India's freedom struggle from the 1920s to 1947.

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