Ghandi questions
What offer did Gandhi make to Jinnah?
1. He can become the first prime minister if India 2. He will allow him to make all the heads of government Muslim if they don't leave India
How many countries sis the British recognize in India during the conference of independence?
2 countries. India is Hindu and Pakistan is Muslim
Why did Gandhi fast in Calcutta?
Fasting to stop violence. It is his 2nd hunger strike
What was Gandhi's advice for the distraught Hindu father who claimed he would go to hell for killing a Muslim child?
Find a Muslim boy (orphan) and raise him Muslim.
How did Gandhi react to the riots and violence that broke out after his arrest?
Gandhi starts to think he is wrong (self doubt) and thinks the people are not ready for independence
How does Gandhi suggest the Indians do to fight the new British laws?
He calls for a day of praying and fasting. It's a general strike
How did Gandhi feel about derailing trains and other forms of violence?
He felt their were better ways to achieve home rule. Violence is the lowest form of productivity. He believes in fighting he does not believe in violence
What happened to Gandhi at the peace rally?
He is shit and killed. Assassinated. The person who assassinated him is a Hindu extremist.
What did Gandhi mean by peaceful, non- violent protest?
He is talking about non cooperation and civil disobedience.
Who was Mohammed Ali Jinnah
He is the leader of the Muslim league and the first prime minister of Pakistan
What did Gandhi say about Jinnah's philosophy of "an eye for an eye"
He said an eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind
What living conditions did Gandhi see upon his Arryn India?
He saw poverty of India
When the British left India how did Gandhi want relations to remain?
He wanted to leave as friends
What was the importance of the Indian campaign against British cloth?
He wants everyone to wear their own cloth. Stop buying pre made stuff and if you want to dye it use Indian indigo. He also said to burn British cloth
How was he greeted upon his arrival?
He was greeted like a national hero
What does mr. walker the reporter say about India after the demonstration?
India was free. Any kind of moral high ground the west had they lost. (Worked for the New York Times)
What was the importance of the salt March?
On the anniversary of the massacre and in a very public way to defy the British
What country did Gandhi plan to visit?
Pakistan
What does he say is the worse form of violence?
Poverty is the worst form of violence
Where is Gandhi during ww2?
Prison
Why didn't Nehru want to use terrorism against the British?
That would only justify what their doing.
What happened on the border of India and Pakistan
The fighting started. Spark of Hindu Muslim conflict
What did Gandhi tell the British they had to do after the massacre?
They are masters in someone else's home so they have to leave. This is a change in Gandhi. First he wanted to get along but after the massacre they have to leave
What did the Indian leaders call for after world war 1?
They call for home rule.
What do the British do when the people assemble in the town square at Amritsar?
They opened fire on the crowd. General regional Dyer
Why did he adopt a new form of dress?
Wants to dress like comrades in prison And like the true people in India(the poor)
What was the result of the demonstration at the salt works?
When the 4 Indians kept hitting beat down but kept going up and it shows who the real bad guys were ( the British)
What does Mahatma mean?
great soul