Mahatma Gandhi was born at which of the following places?
- A.Nadiad
- B.Porbandar
- C.Rajkot
- D.Bardoli
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Porbandar. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on 2 October 1869 at Porbandar, a coastal town of the Kathiawar region in present-day Gujarat, where his father Karamchand Gandhi served as the diwan of the princely state. The house of his birth, Kirti Mandir, stands there today. His birthday is observed as Gandhi Jayanti and, since 2007, as the International Day of Non-Violence.
Option A is wrong because Nadiad in Gujarat is the birthplace of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the most common distractor in this question. Option C is wrong because Rajkot is where Gandhi spent his school years after his father moved there, not where he was born, which is why papers set it as the trap. Option D is wrong because Bardoli is associated with the peasant satyagraha of 1928 that earned Patel the title Sardar, and has nothing to do with Gandhi's birth.
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