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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which method did Mohandas Gandhi use in his campaign to win independence for India?
A
Refusing to cooperate with the British Government
B
Leading armed uprisings against the authority of the British
C
Enlisting foreign help in driving the British from India
D
Requesting that the United Nations order the British to leave India
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Mohandas Gandhi’s civil disobedience movement of 1930-1931-launched by the Salt March-is a critical case for understanding civil resistance.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mohandas Gandhi, known as Mahatma Gandhi, joined the fight in 1914 and led the country to independence, using his method of nonviolent protest known as satyagraha. He encouraged Indians to stop buying British goods, avoid paying taxes to the British government, and take part in peaceful protests and marches.

Detailed explanation-3: -Gandhi adopted the term “civil disobedience” to describe his strategy of non-violently refusing to cooperate with injustice, but he preferred the Sanskrit word satyagraha (devotion to truth).

Detailed explanation-4: -The Quit India Movement, also known as the August Kranti Movement, was a movement launched at the Bombay session of the All India Congress Committee by Mahatma Gandhi on 8th August 1942, during World War II, demanding an end to British rule in India.

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