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Where did Gandhi first employ nonviolent resistance in a campaign for civil rights?
Where did Gandhi first employ nonviolent resistance in a campaign for civil rights?
- Pakistan
- India
- South Africa (correct)
- Great Britain
What was the main goal of the 400 km Dandi Salt March in 1930 led by Gandhi?
What was the main goal of the 400 km Dandi Salt March in 1930 led by Gandhi?
- To protest against excessive land-tax and discrimination
- To achieve swaraj or self-rule
- To challenge the British-imposed salt tax (correct)
- To demand a separate homeland for Muslims within British India
What was the indirect goal of Gandhi's hunger strike in Delhi in January 1948?
What was the indirect goal of Gandhi's hunger strike in Delhi in January 1948?
- To pressure India to pay out some cash assets owed to Pakistan (correct)
- To stop the religious violence between Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs
- To achieve swaraj or self-rule
- To demand a separate homeland for Muslims within British India