Test Your Knowledge on Gandhi
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Test Your Knowledge on Gandhi

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  • Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, nationalist, and political ethicist.
  • He employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule.
  • Gandhi was born in coastal Gujarat, India in 1869.
  • He moved to South Africa in 1893 and lived there for 21 years.
  • Gandhi returned to India in 1915 and soon began organizing protests for civil rights and self-rule.
  • He led campaigns for easing poverty, expanding women's rights, and ending discrimination.
  • Gandhi adopted a simple lifestyle and undertook long fasts as a means of introspection and protest.
  • He challenged the British-imposed salt tax with the Dandi Salt March in 1930 and called for the British to quit India in 1942.
  • India gained independence in 1947, but was partitioned into two dominions, India and Pakistan.
  • Gandhi attempted to alleviate religious violence following the partition and undertook several hunger strikes before his death in 1948.

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"Discover the life and legacy of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi in this informative quiz. Test your knowledge on the man who led India to independence through nonviolent resistance, fought for civil rights and self-rule, and inspired movements for peace and social justice around the world. Learn about his simple lifestyle, introspection through fasting, and his unwavering commitment to ending discrimination and poverty. Take the quiz now and honor the remarkable life of one of the most influential figures of the 20th century

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