Mahatma Gandhi's Life and Achievements
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When did Mahatma Gandhi return to India?

  • 1893
  • 1915 (correct)
  • 1947
  • 1948
  • What did Mahatma Gandhi do when he returned to India?

  • He became a lawyer
  • He represented an Indian merchant in a lawsuit
  • He led nationwide campaigns (correct)
  • He undertook several hunger strikes
  • What was the aim of Mahatma Gandhi's last hunger strike?

  • To ease poverty
  • To expand womens rights
  • To build religious and ethnic amity
  • To pressure India to pay out some cash assets owed to Pakistan (correct)
  • Study Notes

    • Mahatma Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869, in the coastal Gujarat region of western India
    • He was educated at the Inner Temple in London, and became a lawyer at the age of 22
    • After two years in India, Gandhi moved to South Africa in 1893, where he represented an Indian merchant in a lawsuit
    • In 1915, aged 45, Gandhi returned to India and soon became the leader of the Indian National Congress
    • Gandhi led nationwide campaigns for easing poverty, expanding womens rights, building religious and ethnic amity, ending untouchability, and achieving swaraj or self-rule
    • In the months following independence in 1947, Gandhi undertook several hunger strikes to stop religious violence
    • In 1948, aged 78, Gandhi embarked on his last hunger strike, also aimed at pressuring India to pay out some cash assets owed to Pakistan

    Mahatma Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869, in the coastal Gujarat region of western India. He was educated at the Inner Temple in London, and became a lawyer at the age of 22. After two years in India, Gandhi moved to South Africa in 1893, where he represented an Indian merchant in a lawsuit. In 1915, aged 45, Gandhi returned to India and soon became the leader of the Indian National Congress. Gandhi led nationwide campaigns for easing poverty, expanding womens rights, building religious and ethnic amity, ending untouchability, and achieving swaraj or self-rule. In the months following independence in 1947, Gandhi undertook several hunger strikes to stop religious violence. In 1948, aged 78, Gandhi embarked on his last hunger strike, also aimed at pressuring India to pay out some cash assets owed to Pakistan.

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