3 Questions
When did Mahatma Gandhi return to India?
1915
What tactic did Gandhi use to achieve civil rights and freedom for Indians?
Nonviolent resistance
What happened to the British Indian Empire in 1947?
It was partitioned into two dominions
Study Notes
- Mahatma Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869 in Gujarat, India
- He trained as a lawyer and moved to South Africa in 1893 to represent an Indian merchant
- In 1915, he returned to India and soon led the Indian National Congress, a nationalist movement
- Gandhi adopted nonviolent resistance as a tactic to achieve civil rights and freedom for Indians
- He 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 following the independence of India, attempting to alleviate distress and pressure India to pay out some cash assets owed to Pakistan
Test your knowledge of Mahatma Gandhi's life, activism, and role in India's independence movement with this quiz. Learn about his early life, legal career, philosophy of nonviolent resistance, and impact on the partition of India.
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