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What year did Mahatma Gandhi return to India?
What year did Mahatma Gandhi return to India?
- 1891
- 1893
- 1915 (correct)
- 1921
What was the name of the speech Mahatma Gandhi gave in 1942?
What was the name of the speech Mahatma Gandhi gave in 1942?
- The Dandi Salt March
- The Indian National Congress
- The Swaraj Speech
- The Quit India Speech (correct)
How old was Mahatma Gandhi when he died?
How old was Mahatma Gandhi when he died?
- 70
- 75
- 80 (correct)
- 85
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Study Notes
- Mahatma Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869 in Gujarat, India.
- He trained as a lawyer and began practicing in India in 1891 but was unsuccessful.
- He moved to South Africa in 1893 and began representing an Indian merchant in a lawsuit.
- He went on to live in South Africa for 21 years.
- In 1915, he returned to India and soon became involved in the Indian National Congress, leading campaigns for civil rights and self-rule.
- In 1921, he assumed leadership of the Indian National Congress and led nationwide campaigns for easing poverty, expanding womens rights, building religious and ethnic amity, ending untouchability, and achieving swaraj or self-rule.
- In 1930, he led the successful campaign for the repeal of the salt tax with the 400 km (250 mi) Dandi Salt March.
- In 1942, he called for the British to leave India in a speech known as the "Quit India" speech.
- He was imprisoned many times and for many years in both South Africa and India.
- He died on January 30, 1948, at the age of 80.
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