In which year did Gandhi leave British India for South Africa as a lawyer?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → 1893
Gandhiji spent two decades abroad, mostly in South Africa, where he went as a lawyer; the India he came back to in 1915 was rather different from the one he had left in 1893.
NCERT (2026-27): “1. A Leader Announces Himself … In January 1915, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi returned to his homeland after two decades of residence abroad. These years had been spent for the most part in South Africa, where he went as a lawyer, and in time became a leader of the Indian community in that territory. As the historian Chandran Devanesan has remarked, South Africa was ‘the making of the Mahatma’. It was in South Africa that Mahatma Gandhi first forged the distinctive techniques of non-violent protest known as satyagraha, first promoted harmony between religions, and first alerted upper-caste Indians to their discriminatory treatment of low castes and women. The India that Mahatma Gandhi came back to in 1915 was rather different from the one that he had left in 1893.…” |