Faith and Committment

Question 1

Ahimsa

Answer 1

Ahimsa is the ethical principle of non-harm.

Question 2

Salt March

Answer 2

The first major protest led by Gandhi was the 1930 Salt March, which was a protest against the high tax that Britain had placed on salt. This tax made it difficult for poorer Indians to afford British salt, and it was also illegal for them to produce their own salt.

Question 3

Satyagraha

Answer 3

There are various ways that the word “Satyagraha” can be understood but it is generally seen to represent ‘the force of truth’.

Question 4

Who were the Untouchables?

Answer 4

Untouchable people who were complete outcasts from respectable Hindu society

Question 5

Why did the spinning wheel become Gandhi’s symbol?

Answer 5

In response to a letter of good wishes from Henry Ford, Mahatma Gandhi sent this spinning wheel to the industrialist as a gift in December 1941. Gandhi used the spinning wheel as a symbol in his struggle for India’s independence and economic self-sufficiency.

Question 6

Amritsar massacre

Answer 6

The Amritsar Massacre occurred in 1919, when British troops shot at a peaceful gathering of Indians and killed a large number of people.

Question 7

Salt tax

Answer 7

Salt Tax Britain’s Salt Act of 1882 prohibited Indians from collecting or selling salt, a staple in their diet. Indian citizens were forced to buy the vital mineral from their British rulers, who, in addition to exercising a monopoly over the manufacture and sale of salt, also charged a heavy salt tax.

Question 8

What is the purpose of the salt march?

Answer 8

The Salt March was one of the most successful campaigns in Gandhi’s struggle against British rule in India. Gandhi sought to win equal rights and freedom for Indians through campaigns of civil disobedience—the refusal to obey a government’s commands without resorting to violence.

Question 9

How long did the salt march last?

Answer 9

The 24-day march lasted from 12 March 1930 to 6 April 1930