3 Questions
What year did Mahatma Gandhi return to India?
1915
What was the primary goal of the Indian National Congress?
To achieve independence from British rule
How did Gandhi identify with the Indian people?
He adopted the dress and lifestyle of the Indian peasantry
Study Notes
- Mahatma Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869 in the town of Porbandar, in the Gujarat region of western India.
- He was educated at the Inner Temple in London, and became a barrister in 1892.
- Gandhi moved to South Africa in 1893 to work as an lawyer for an Indian merchant, but found little success.
- In 1915, Gandhi returned to India and began to lead the Indian National Congress, a political organization dedicated to achieving independence from British rule.
- Gandhi led nationwide campaigns for easing poverty, expanding womens rights, building religious and ethnic amity, ending untouchability, and achieving self-rule for India.
- Gandhi adopted the simple dress and lifestyle of the Indian peasantry as a mark of identification with the Indian people.
- In the years following independence, Gandhi undertook several hunger strikes to stop religious violence.
- Gandhi died on January 30, 1948, after a long and successful career as an advocate for Indian independence and civil rights.
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