History & Civics
What was Gandhiji's doctrine of Satyagraha?
Mahatma Gandhi
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Gandhiji's doctrine of Satyagraha was an effective method of the National Movement.
- The term Satyagraha is made up of two Sanskrit words—Satya (truth) and Agraha (insistence to hold fast).
- To Gandhiji, satyagraha was a moral force born of truth and non-violence.
- It meant to be fearless, truthful as well as peaceful, suffering willingly while refusing to submit to what is wrong.
- But even while resisting evil, it would not involve hatred towards the evil-doer.
- Gandhiji's Satyagraha Movement was directed against the British system of exploitation and not the British people individually or collectively.
- Gandhiji made a distinction between Satyagraha and passive resistance.
- Passive resistance does not exclude the use of physical force for the purpose of gaining one's end, whereas Satyagraha excludes the use of violence.
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