WORLD WAR II
DECOLONIZATION PHASE
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He led an armed revolt backed by the Sepoys.
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He urged Indians to follow a policy of noncooperation.
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He campaigned for the Indians and the British to rule the subcontinent jointly.
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He demanded the British Parliament partition the subcontinent between Hindus and Muslims.
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Detailed explanation-1: -He urged Indians to follow a policy of noncooperation. He campaigned for the Indians and the British to rule the subcontinent jointly.
Detailed explanation-2: -Instead of granting India independence after World War I, Britain continued its colonial regime and tightened restrictions on civil liberties. Gandhi responded by calling for strikes and other acts of peaceful civil disobedience.
Detailed explanation-3: -Which statement best describes Mohandas Gandhi’s response to British imperialism? He campaigned for the Indians and the British to rule the subcontinent jointly.
Detailed explanation-4: -He began to push for independence from the United Kingdom, and organized resistance to a 1919 law that gave British authorities carte blanche to imprison suspected revolutionaries without trial. Britain responded brutally to the resistance, mowing down 400 unarmed protesters in the Amritsar Massacre.
Detailed explanation-5: -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.