Mahatma Gandhi returned to India from South Africa in ______.

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SSC CGL 2023 Tier-I Official Paper (Held On: 19 Jul 2023 Shift 3)

Answer 1

The correct answer is January 1915.

Key Points

Mahatma Gandhi returned back to India in January 1915.
He returned from South Africa, where he fought the racist regime through the method of mass agitation.
He called the method of mass agitation- Satyagraha.
After arriving in India, he led various Satyagrahas in different states of the country.

Additional Information

Important years related to Mahatma Gandhi:-
- 1869: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on October 2 in Porbandar, Gujarat, India.
- 1888: Gandhi travelled to England to study law at University College London and was admitted to the inner Temple with the intention of becoming a barrister.
- 1893-1914: Gandhi spent twenty-one years in South Africa, where he developed his political views, ethics, and political leadership skills. He experienced and witnessed racial discrimination, which was instrumental in developing his social activism.
- 1915: Gandhi returned to India from South Africa.
- 1919: Gandhi launched his first large-scale protest, the Satyagraha campaign against the proposed Rowlatt Act.
- 1920-1922: Gandhi led the Non-Cooperation Movement against the British rule.
- 1930: Gandhi led the Salt March, also known as the Dandi March, a 240-mile march to the Arabian sea to protest against the British salt tax.
- 1942: Gandhi launched his last major campaign against British rule, the Quit India Movement.
- 1947: India gained independence from British rule on August 15.
- 1948: Gandhi was assassinated on January 30 in New Delhi by Nathuram Godse, a Hindu nationalist.