Questions and Answers
What was the honorific title given to Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi in South Africa in 1914?
Mahatma
What was the main campaign that Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi led to achieve India's independence from British rule?
Nonviolent resistance
What did Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi challenge with the Dandi Salt March in 1930?
British-imposed tax on salt
What were some of the campaigns that Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi led after returning to India in 1915?
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Why did Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi undertake several hunger strikes 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.
- He inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.
- The honorific Mahatma was first applied to him in South Africa in 1914.
- He raised a family and employed nonviolent resistance in a campaign for civil rights in South Africa.
- He returned to India in 1915 and led nationwide campaigns for easing poverty, expanding women's rights, and achieving self-rule.
- He adopted the short dhoti and lived in a self-sufficient residential community, ate simple food, and undertook long fasts.
- He challenged the British-imposed salt tax with the Dandi Salt March in 1930 and called for the British to quit India in 1942.
- He was imprisoned many times in both South Africa and India.
- He attempted to alleviate distress during the religious violence that broke out after India's independence in 1947 and undertook several hunger strikes to stop it.
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