Definitions

1. Satyagraha is a portmanteau of the Sanskrit words satya (meaning "truth") and Agraha ("insistence", or "holding firmly to").
2. Satyagraha is the type of generic nonviolence developed by Mohandas K. Gandhi. (Web site)
3. Satyagraha was used to fight for India�s independence and to bring about social change. (Web site)
4. Vaikom Satyagraha (1924 - 25) was a satyagraha (movement) in Travancore, India (now part of Kerala) against untouchability in Hindu society. (Web site)
5. The Satyagraha was peaceful at all places except Punjab and Delhi.

Untouchability

1. The famous Vaikom Satyagraha of 1924 against untouchability, led by Mahatma Gandhi, took place in Vaikom near Kottayam.

Salt Satyagraha

1. Gujarat was also the site of some of the most popular revolts, including the Satyagrahas in Kheda, Bardoli, Borsad and the Salt Satyagraha. (Web site)

Context

1. Gandhi commented upon the 1930s persecution of the Jews in Germany within the context of Satyagraha.

Britain

1. The first satyagraha movement urged the use of Khadi and Indian material as alternatives to those shipped from Britain.

Speech

1. Divan Raghvaiah made a speech in the Travancore legislature strongly defending the Savarnas and denouncing the Satyagraha. (Web site)

Truth

1. Gandhi contrasted satyagraha (holding on to truth) with “duragraha” (holding on by force), as in protest meant more to harass than enlighten opponents. (Web site)
2. Gandhi believed it was necessary to first feel for the oppressed then fight for justice, thus making Satyagraha a truth and justice seeking force. (Web site)

Congress

1. In this speech, Ambedkar criticized the Salt Satyagraha launched by Gandhi and the Congress.
2. The ban upon the Congress was removed because of economic hardships caused by the satyagraha. (Web site)

Congress Party

1. Vaikom had been chosen as a place for Satyagraha organized by the heads of the Congress Party. (Web site)
2. She became an active member of Congress Party after marriage and participated in public processions during the Salt Satyagraha. (Web site)

Social Change

1. As pacifists adopted Satyagraha as a method of social change, they reinterpreted it in the context of their religious cosmology and political traditions.

Mahatma Gandhi

1. Satyagraha: philosophy of non-violent resistance most famously employed by Mahatma Gandhi.
2. Glass's operas include "Einstein on the Beach," "Akhenaton," and "Satyagraha," themed on the early life of Mahatma Gandhi. (Web site)

Nonviolent Resistance

1. In the early 20th century Gandhi extended ahimsa into the political sphere as satyagraha, nonviolent resistance to a specific evil. (Web site)

Payyannur

1. The echo of the Salt Satyagraha of Mahatma Gandhi found its echo on the beaches of Payyannur.

Part

1. In the year 1030, Kamaraj also participated in a rally to Vedaranyam spearheaded by C. Rajagopalachari as a part of the salt Satyagraha. (Web site)

Indian Independence

1. Using the principles of Satyagraha he led the campaign for Indian independence from Britain.

Struggle

1. Gandhi's ideas took shape and the concept of Satyagraha matured during this struggle. (Web site)
2. He was sharply critical of Western bourgeois pacifism, and emphasized that satyagraha was as much a method of struggle as of persuasion. (Web site)

Punjab

1. Gandhi's ability to inspire millions of common people became clear when he used satyagraha during the anti-Rowlatt Act protests in Punjab.
2. Observers realized Gandhi's political potential when he used the satyagraha during the anti-Rowlatt Acts protests in Punjab. (Web site)

Periyar

1. As the head of the Satyagraha, Periyar was imprisoned twice. (Web site)

India

1. The success of his first experiment in satyagraha in India greatly enhanced Gandhiji's reputation in the country.
2. The success of the first Satyagraha movement in India played an immense role in increasing Gandhi's popularity in India.

Nonviolent

1. For example, including William Lloyd Garrison's approach under �satyagraha and nonviolent direct action�. (Web site)
2. �Satyagraha� here refers to the campaign with nonviolent methods, as this has been widely known as the Vykom Satyagraha, rather than to Gandhi's. (Web site)

Kerala

1. Other leaders of Kerala who took an active part in the Satyagraha were Manhath Padmanabhan and Changanasseri Parameswaran Pillai. (Web site)
2. This is an important Khadi center, during the days of struggle for freedom, the Salt Satyagraha in Kerala launched here by K.Kelappan and P.Krishan Pillai.

Sree Narayana Guru

1. But some how, a small misunderstanding arose between Mahatma Gandhi and Sree Narayana Guru, regarding the modus operandi of the Satyagraha. (Web site)

Malabar

1. Payyannur was the main venue of the Salt Satyagraha, a major turning point in the Indian Freedom Movement, in Malabar. (Web site)

Ahimsa

1. Achievements: Known as Father of Nation; played a key role in winning freedom for India; introduced the concept of Ahimsa and Satyagraha. (Web site)
2. In its most nonviolent form (in India, known as ahimsa or satyagraha) it could be said that it is compassion in the form of respectful disagreement. (Web site)
3. My paper is underpinned by the underlying principle of Mahatma Gandhi's philosophy of non-violence, Satyagraha and Ahimsa. (Web site)

Civil Disobedience

1. A Force More Powerful PBS's companion site to a documentary on civil disobedience, with an emphasis on Gandhi's philosophy of satyagraha.
2. Satyagraha promoted nonviolence and civil disobedience as the most appropriate methods for obtaining political and social goals.

Gandhi

1. Gandhi deployed satyagraha in campaigns for Indian independence and also during his earlier struggles in South Africa. (Web site)
2. Gandhi became convinced that satyagraha based on inner conviction was more effective than non-violence practiced as a temporary policy. (Web site)
3. VII. Satyagraha In 1930, Gandhi announced a new method of civil disobedience, refusing to pay taxes, especially taxes on salt. (Web site)

Vaikom

1. The Satyagraha aimed at securing freedom of movement for all sections of society through the public roads leading to the Sri Mahadevar Temple at Vaikom.
2. During Vaikom Satyagraha in 1922, at the instance of Mahatma Gandhi, a few Akalis came to Vaikom in support of sathyagrahis.
3. His Holiness Sree Narayana Guru, the spiritual leader of the Thiyyas is reported to have disapproved of the present methods of Satyagraha at Vaikom. (Web site)

Satyagraha

1. Many batches of Satyagrahis from different parts of Kerala marched to Payyannur to take part in the Satyagraha.
2. Gandhi, with his ideals of ahimsa, non-cooperation and satyagraha, soon established himself as the frontrunner in the struggle for freedom.

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