Quit India Speech Flashcards
Where was Mohandas k. Gandhi born?
Porbandar, India
Where did Gandhi study law?
London
Where did Gandhi work as a lawyer for 21 years?
South Africa
What caused Gandhi to change his viewpoint to being against British imperialism?
one country dominating another countries resources and people
When did Gandhi return to India?
1914
What does Mahatma mean?
great soul
Gandhi led India against British imperialism for Swaraji. What does Swaraji mean?
self rule
What did Gandhi call the untouchable caste?
harijans
What does harijan mean?
Children of God
Gandhi was also called bapu. What does bapu mean?
father
What does Satyagraha mean?
insistence on truth
Gandhi’s approach to swaraji or self rule was based on these three ideas
truth, non-violence, and self-suffering
Gandhi’s Non-cooperation movement encouraged Indians to do what?
boycott British made goods, drop out of British schools, police services, military and civil service
What did the Salt March of March 1930 about?
protest against paying salt taxes
When the British declared war on Nazi Germany in 1939, what did the Indian National Congress do?
remained neutral
Who was the leader if the Muslim League, and the founder of the country Pakistan?
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
What was the name of the mission led by Sir Richard Stafford Cripps?
the Cripps Mission
What did the Cripps mission hope to accomplish?
persuade the Indian National Congress to join against Nazi Germany
What did Sir Cripps offer the Indian National Congress?
Increase Indian representation in government, give India Dominion status
What is Dominion Status?
almost full independence
Did the Indian National Congress accept the resolutions of the Cripps Mission?
no
The Indian National Congress passed a “Quit India” resolution in 1942. What did Quit India want?
complete independence from the British
Where did Gandhi give his “Quit India” speech?
Gowalia Tank Maidan, Bombay, India
When the Indian people turned violent where was Gandhi and his wife imprisoned?
Aha Khan Palace
What is Gandhi’s wife first name?
Kasturba
Who was India’s first Prime Minister?
Jawaharlal Nehru
What as the split of India into two countries, India and Pakistan called?
the Partition
India and Pakistan still fight today over which northern part of the country?
Kashmir
Who killed indira Gandhi, daughter of Nehru
her Sikh bodyguards
“Ours is not a drive for ______ but purely a non-violent fight for India’s independence”
power
What will a nonviolent soldier of freedom covet for himself?
nothing
What book did Gandhi read in prison?
Carlyle’s French Revolution
We do not want to exchange one ______ for another
slavery
Gandhi said, We must, therefore purge ourselves of what?
hatred
During world war 2 Gandhi spoke equally against both German Nazism and what?
British Imperialism
Gandhi said, “The British are not of bad people just there _____ ____ is.”
imperial rule
What was Gandhi’s weekly journal called?
Harjan
What language did Gandhi call a “world language?”
english
Did Gandhi want the official language of India to be english?
no
Gandhi felt that it was his duty to warn the British that they were on the brink of what?
the abyss
What did Gandhi feel was the highest goal for an independent India?
democracy
