Test Your Knowledge on Mahatma Gandhi

• 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 first employed nonviolent resistance in a campaign for civil rights.
• Gandhi led the Indian National Congress and campaigned for independence from British rule.
• The British Indian Empire was partitioned into two dominions, a Hindu-majority India and a Muslim-majority Pakistan.
• Gandhi attempted to alleviate distress in the months following independence, and undertook several hunger strikes.
• Gandhi was imprisoned many times and for many years in both South Africa and India.
• Gandhi's vision of an independent India based on religious pluralism was challenged in the early 1940s by a Muslim nationalism which demanded a separate homeland for Muslims within British India.
• In 1947, Britain granted independence to India and the British Indian Empire was partitioned into two dominions.
• Gandhi visited the affected areas after independence and attempted to stop religious violence.
• Gandhi died on January 30, 1948 at the age of 80 after undertaking several hunger strikes.

This quiz will test your knowledge of Mahatma Gandhi. After reading about Gandhi's life and work, answer a series of questions about his life and philosophy.