Satyagraha definition

Satyagraha means literally ‘persistence in truth’. It has been translated variously as non- cooperation, passive resistance, civil disobedience, civil resistance. The satyagraha pledge was first taken at a public meeting in Johannesburg in South Africa, on September 11th, 1906, against the Asiatic Law Amendment Ordinance. According to Mr. Gandhi, satyagraha eschews the use of violence in every form and has not the remotest idea of injuring the opponent. Mr. Gandhi states in his preface to Satyagraha. In South Africa that before 1919 he had occasions to experiment with satyagraha five times in India. See Bose S.C, The Indian Struggle 1920-1942, Asia Publishing House, Calcutta, 1964, p.42.
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Examples of Satyagraha in a sentence

  • The Vivekananda Kendra uses the philosophy of spiritualism (or Hindu spiritualism) and search for man’s forgotten soul as a metaphor for discovering Bharat Mata or motherland (spirit of collective self or nation described as an extension of the individual self).199 Gandhi’s Satyagraha ashram also emerged as a realm for mobilising the rural folks through the performative practices of day to day life facilitating the emergence of a collective—a nation.

  • In March 1930, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ launched salt Satyagraha and later followed it with the Quit India movement in 1942.93 Meanwhile, other leaders such as ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ were actively organising campaigns to remove colonial rule.

  • The prominent examples being Keshub’s Bharat Ashram, Gandhi’s Satyagraha ashram, and the Vivekananda Kendra.

  • The draft Land Reforms Policy prepared by the Jan Satyagraha organized by EktaParishad will be an important input into the preparation of this draft.

  • Salt Satyagraha was one movement which gloriously unified the people of India.

  • Other Ministerial visits were of Mr. Wykeham McNeille, Minister of State for Tourism and Culture to India in January 2007 for participation in centenary celebrations of Satyagraha, Shri ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, MOS for External Affairs to Jamaica in February 2007, and Shri ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs to Jamaica in June 2007.

  • Vaikom Satyagraha was a movement in Travancore (modern-day Kerala) for temple entry of the depressed classes.

  • The Satyagraha was aimed at securing freedom to all sections of society to pass through the public roads leading to the Sri Mahadeva Temple and was lead by prominent leaders from Ezhava community.