Mahatma Gandhi got his inspiration for Civil Disobedience from

(A) Tuoreau
(B) Ruskin
(C) Confucius
(D) Tolstoy

Correct Answer : Tuoreau
Question Asked : SSC Combined Graduate Level Prelim Exam 1999
Explanation : Mahatma Gandhi got inspiration of Civil Disobedience by reading a book of David Thoreau who was an American author, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, historian, and leading transcendentalist. He is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings and his essay Civil Disobedience, an argument for individual resistance to civil government in moral opposition to an unjust state. Thoreau’s philosophy of civil disobedience later Influencer the political thoughts and actions of such notable fig ures as Leo Tolstoy, Mohandas Gandhi, and Martin Luther King. Jr.
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