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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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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
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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.
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