Mahatma Gandhi's Life and Legacy

• Mahatma Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869, in the coastal town of Porbandar in Gujarat, India.
• He trained as a lawyer and began practicing in 1891, but found it difficult to make a success of his legal career in India.
• In 1893, Gandhi moved to South Africa to represent an Indian merchant in a lawsuit.
• Gandhi became involved in the struggle for civil rights in South Africa and used nonviolent resistance to win support from the white population.
• In 1915, aged 45, Gandhi returned to India and soon became the leader of the Indian National Congress, which was campaigning for independence from British rule.
• Gandhi led nationwide campaigns for improving the conditions of the poor, expanding womens rights, building religious and ethnic amity, ending untouchability, and achieving self-rule.
• In the months following independence, Gandhi undertook several hunger strikes to stop religious violence.
• Gandhi was assassinated in January 1948, while fasting in Delhi, by a Hindu nationalist.

Test your knowledge about the life and accomplishments of Mahatma Gandhi, a key figure in India's fight for independence and a proponent of nonviolent resistance. Learn about his early life, political activism, and lasting impact on civil rights and social reform.