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thumb|Mahatma Gandhi leading the famous 1930 [[Salt March, a notable example of satyagraha.]]
Satyagraha is a form of nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience, famously practiced by Mahatma Gandhi during India's independence movement, as exemplified by the 1930 Salt March. It matters because it demonstrated that large-scale social and political change could be achieved through peaceful means rather than violence, influencing nonviolent movements worldwide.
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Vinony's link graph records 1,788 inbound references to satyagraha, and connects out to Subhas Chandra Bose, Ahimsa and Abul Kalam Azad.
It is catalogued under topics including Activism by type, Civil disobedience in India and Ethical schools and movements.
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- intentional human activity
- Part of
- nonviolent resistance
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Principles
- Rules for campaigns
- Origin and meaning of name
- Contrast to "passive resistance"
- Relation to ahimsa
- Defining success
- Means and ends
- Versus duragraha
- Large-scale usage
- American Civil Rights Movement
- In relation to genocide
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|Mahatma Gandhi leading the famous 1930 [[Salt March, a notable example of satyagraha.]]
Satyāgraha, or "truth force", is a particular form of nonviolent resistance or civil resistance. Someone who practises satyagraha is a satyagrahi.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “satyagraha” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.