Gandhi's emergence as a nationalist leader

Question 1

Who was Gandhi?

Answer 1

A lawyer in South Africa

Question 2

What did Gandhi gain?

Answer 2

Experience from working with every caste and religion, learning how to cooperate and confront individuals in positions of authority

Question 3

How did Gandhi plan to take out confrontation and cooperation

Answer 3

Direct, non-violent oppoisiton

Question 4

Who did Gandhi befriend?

Answer 4

Gokhale who had visited him in south africa

Question 5

How did Gokhale advise Gandhi

Answer 5

Keep a low profile whilst understanding dynamics of the Indian situation and of the ways in which the ideas of satyagraha could chime in with growing Indian nationalism

Question 6

Where did Gandhi intervene in 1917

Answer 6

peasant farmers of Champaran in north Bihar were forced by white planters to grow indigo on disadvantageous terms
Ahmedabad in Gujarat where cotton mill workers were earning a pittance (small amount of money)

Question 7

What did Gandhi do during the war years

Answer 7

Forging relationships with regional leaders such as the Bihari lawyer, Prasad, mayor of Ahmedabad, Patel, and young Nehru.
Worked on developing connections with two important communities who had been rejected by congress: Muslims and businessmen