3 Questions
When did Mahatma Gandhi move to South Africa?
1893
What was the last hunger strike undertaken by Mahatma Gandhi?
To pressure India to pay out some cash assets owed to Pakistan
When did Mahatma Gandhi pass away?
January 30, 1948
Study Notes
- Mahatma Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869 in the coastal town of Porbandar, Gujarat.
- He trained as a lawyer in London and returned to India in 1915 to lead the Indian National Congress.
- Gandhi used nonviolent resistance to campaign for Indian independence from British rule, and to later inspire movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.
- The honorific Mahātmā (Sanskrit: great-souled,
Test your knowledge about the life and contributions of Mahatma Gandhi, a key figure in India's independence movement and a global symbol of nonviolent resistance and civil rights activism.
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