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When did Mahatma Gandhi die?
When did Mahatma Gandhi die?
- October 2, 1869
- 1893
- January 30, 1948 (correct)
- 1947
What did Gandhi lead?
What did Gandhi lead?
- The Indian National Congress (correct)
- A lawsuit
- A hunger strike
- A Hindu-majority India
What did Gandhi do in the months following independence?
What did Gandhi do in the months following independence?
- He celebrated
- He undertook several hunger strikes (correct)
- He moved to South Africa
- He started using nonviolent resistance
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Study Notes
- Mahatma Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869, in Gujarat, India.
- He trained as a lawyer and started his own law practice in India but was not successful.
- He moved to South Africa in 1893 and began to represent an Indian merchant in a lawsuit.
- He became involved in the struggle for civil rights and started using nonviolent resistance.
- He led the Indian National Congress and led nationwide campaigns for improving the conditions of the poor and ending religious violence.
- 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 did not celebrate independence and visited the affected areas to try to stop religious violence.
- He undertook several hunger strikes in the months following independence to try to pressure the Indian government to pay out some cash assets owed to Pakistan.
- He died on January 30, 1948, at the age of 80.
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