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What year did Mahatma Gandhi move to South Africa?
What year did Mahatma Gandhi move to South Africa?
What was the outcome of Gandhi's hunger strike in 1948?
What was the outcome of Gandhi's hunger strike in 1948?
When did Mahatma Gandhi die?
When did Mahatma Gandhi die?
Study Notes
- Mahatma Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869 in Gujarat, India.
- He became a lawyer in 1891 and began to practice in India, but was unsuccessful.
- In 1915, he moved to South Africa to represent an Indian merchant in a lawsuit and began to use nonviolent resistance.
- Gandhi was imprisoned many times and for many years in both South Africa and India.
- In 1947, Britain granted independence to India and the British Indian Empire was partitioned into two dominions, a Hindu-majority India and a Muslim-majority Pakistan.
- Gandhi visited the affected areas after independence and attempted to alleviate distress.
- In 1948, he began a hunger strike to pressure India to pay out some cash assets owed to Pakistan. He ended the strike after nine days.
- Gandhi died on January 30, 1948.
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Test your knowledge about the life and achievements of Mahatma Gandhi, a prominent leader in India's struggle for independence. Learn about his early life, advocacy for nonviolent resistance, and efforts to alleviate distress post independence.
