Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is best known for which of the following?

(A) Use of passive resistance to achieve Indian independence.
(B) Desire to establish an Islamic nation.
(C) Opposition to Hindus holding political office.
(D) Encouragement of violence to end British rule.

Correct Answer : Use of passive resistance to achieve Indian independence.
Question Asked : UP Lower Sub. (Mains) 2013
Struggle done by Gandhi in South Africa was termed as ‘Inactive resistance ‘ but later Gandhi chose the word ‘Satyagraha’ in place of inactive resistance. Satyagraha was the term, which was used most during the freedom struggle. But Gandhi differentiated between satyagraha and inactive resistance. As per him, inactive resistance is a political tool whereas Satyagraha is a moral power. He differentiated Inactive Resistance and Satyagraha by comparing it with north and south pole.
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