Early Life
What year was Gandhi born?
1869
What was the name of Gandhi's famous protest march against the Salt Tax?
Salt March
In which year did Gandhi become the leader of the Indian National Congress?
1922
In which year was Gandhi assassinated?
1948
What is the title given to Gandhi, meaning "great-souled" or "the great-souled one"?
Mahatma
What was Gandhi's full name?
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
In which year did Gandhi launch the Quit India Movement?
1942
What was Gandhi's role in the Indian independence movement?
led the movement for independence in India by using non-violent civil disobedience.
Who was the assassin that killed Gandhi?
Nathuram Godse
Which national holiday in India is observed as Gandhi Jayanti?
International Day of Non-Violence.
In which city was Gandhi born?
Porbandar
What was the main objective of Civil Disobedience according to Gandhi?
strategy of non-violently refusing to cooperate with injustice
What was the name of the Indian newspaper that Gandhi founded in South Africa?
The Indian Opinion
What was the reason behind Gandhi's assassination?
Godse stated that Gandhi had betrayed his Hindu religion and culture by supporting Muslims at the expense of Hindus because his lectures of ahimsa (non-violence) were directed at and accepted by the Hindu community only.
Which famous phrase is associated with Gandhi's philosophy of nonviolence?
Nonviolence is a weapon of the strong.
Which country did Gandhi study in for his law degree?
England
Which British law imposed a heavy tax on salt in India?
Salt Act of 1882
Which famous leader was greatly influenced by Gandhi's philosophy of nonviolence?
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Where did Gandhi get assassinated?
Birla House (now Gandhi Smriti), New Delhi,
Name one major international award that Gandhi received during his lifetime.
five Nobel Peace Prize nominations.
At what age did Gandhi marry?
13
What is the term Gandhi used to describe his nonviolent resistance movement?
civil disobedience
What did Gandhi advocate as a means to achieve social and economic equality?
non-violence
How did Gandhi's assassination impact India and the world?
violent riots quickly broke out in
In which city is the Gandhi Memorial Museum located?
Madurai in Tamil Nadu, India.