Global Studies
Name
Gandhi and Indian Independence Key Facts
Gandhi’s real first name
Mohandas K.
His title or nickname
Mahatma
Meaning of nickname
“Great soul”
His religion
Hindu
His family’s social class
Middle class
He stole money to buy cigarettes
Ways he misbehaved as a
child
She fasted often
Way his mother affected
him
Way his father affected him Father taught him honesty
How old he was when
married
Wife’s name
13
Gandhi’s children
4 boys
Where he studied
London, England
His profession
Lawyer
His clothing as a young
man
His clothing as an old man
European suit and tie
Where his activism started
South Africa
Event that sparked his
activism
Name for his nonviolent
methods
Meaning of that name
When he got thrown off a train for riding first class
Definition of “civil
disobedience”
Gandhi’s attitude to
untouchables
Refusal to obey unjust laws
Kasturba
Indian loincloth (dhoti)
Satyagraha
Truth force
Wanted to help them
Gandhi’s attitude toward
British involvement in
World War I
Site of major massacre of
Indians by British
Significance of massacre
He supported the British
Gandhi’s famous march
Salt march
Why Gandhi visited
London
Way Gandhi was successful
in London
Way Gandhi was
unsuccessful in London
Gandhi’s attitude toward
British involvement in
World War II
Movement Gandhi started
during World War II
Meaning of “partition”
To discuss independence
Reason for partition
To protect Muslims from Hindus
Gandhi’s opinion of
partition
Year of independence
Didn’t like it
New Hindu dominated
nation
First leader of this nation
India
New Muslim dominated
nation
First leader of this nation
Pakistan
Main way Muslim nation
has since changed
Ways people reacted to
partition
How Gandhi helped end
violence
Who killed Gandhi
East Pakistan became Bangladesh
Amritsar
United people against Britain
Gained support of the British people
Didn’t get independence
Kept fighting for independence
Quit India movement
Division or separation
1947
Jawaharlal Nehru
Muhammed Ali Jinnah
Mass migration and nasty violence
He fasted
Hindu extremist