3 Questions
What year did Mahatma Gandhi become the leader of the Indian National Congress?
1921
In which year did Britain grant India independence?
1947
What was the goal of the hunger strike Gandhi undertook in Delhi on January 12, 1948?
To pressure India to pay out cash assets owed to Pakistan
Study Notes
- Mahatma Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869 in the town of Porbandar in Gujarat, India.
- He was educated at the Inner Temple in London and became a lawyer in 1891.
- He moved to South Africa in 1893 to represent an Indian merchant in a lawsuit, and lived there for 21 years.
- He became leader of the Indian National Congress in 1921 and led nationwide campaigns for easing poverty, expanding womens rights, building religious and ethnic amity, ending untouchability, and achieving self-rule.
- In the months following independence, he undertook several hunger strikes to stop religious violence.
- The last of these, begun in Delhi on January 12, 1948, had the indirect goal of pressuring India to pay out some cash assets owed to Pakistan.
- Gandhi died on January 30, 1948.
Test your knowledge about the life and achievements of Mahatma Gandhi, a prominent leader in India's struggle for independence and advocate for social justice.
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