WORLD HISTORY

WORLD WAR II

DECOLONIZATION PHASE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is a true statement about Gandhi’s role in decolonization?
A
Gandhi helped India become free from colonization from the United States.
B
Gandhi helped India become free from colonization from South Africa
C
Gandhi helped India become free from colonization from the United Kingdom.
D
Gandhi helped India become free from colonization from the Netherlands.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -He led the Salt March in 1930 to demonstrate the power of Indian non-violence, and in 1942, he launched Quit India Movement during the freedom struggle. He was assassinated by a Hindu Nationalist. Gandhi Memorial Museum was founded in 1959.

Detailed explanation-2: -“Ours is not a drive for power, but purely a nonviolent fight for India’s independence.” “A non-violent soldier of freedom will covet nothing for himself, he fights only for the freedom of his country.” “Truth alone will endure, all the rest will be swept always in the tide of Time.”

Detailed explanation-3: -Mohandas K. Gandhi launched and directed three major campaigns in the Indian Independence Movement: noncooperation in 1919-1922, the civil disobedience movement and the Salt Satyagraha of 1930-1931, and the Quit India movement from about 1940-1942.

Detailed explanation-4: -His vision for India’s future was highly unorthodox. In Gandhi’s idealized state, there would be no rep-resentative government, no constitution, no army or police force; there would be no industrialization, no machines and certainly no modern cities.

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