Indian Opinion (newspaper)
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Indian Opinion was a weekly newspaper established in South Africa that became a key platform for Mahatma Gandhi’s early political activism and the development of his philosophy of nonviolent resistance.
Aliases (1)
- Indian Opinion ×50
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
newspaper
→
weekly newspaper → |
| about |
civil disobedience campaigns in South Africa
→
conditions of indentured laborers → discriminatory laws against Indians in South Africa → rights of Indian traders and professionals → |
| associatedWith |
Phoenix Settlement
→
Satyagraha in South Africa → |
| countryOfPublication |
South Africa
→
|
| describedBySource |
important in development of Gandhi’s philosophy of nonviolent resistance
→
key platform for Gandhi’s early political activism → |
| founder |
Mahatma Gandhi
→
|
| genre |
community newspaper
→
political newspaper → |
| hasEditor |
Mahatma Gandhi
→
Manilal Gandhi → |
| hasRoleIn |
documenting Gandhi’s South African campaigns
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mobilizing Indian community in South Africa → propagating the idea of Satyagraha → |
| historicalPeriod |
early 20th century
→
|
| inception |
1903
→
|
| influenced |
Indian independence movement
→
global nonviolent resistance movements → |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
→
Gujarati → Hindi → Tamil → |
| locationOfHeadquarters |
Durban
→
Phoenix Settlement → |
| locationOfPrinting |
Phoenix Settlement
→
|
| mainSubject |
Indian community in South Africa
→
Satyagraha → civil rights → nonviolent resistance → |
| medium |
print
→
|
| namedAfterEthnicGroup |
Indians in South Africa
→
|
| notableContributor |
Albert West
→
Henry Polak → Mahatma Gandhi → Manilal Gandhi → |
| politicalAlignment |
Indian nationalist movement
→
anti-colonialism → |
| publicationFrequency |
weekly
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|
| publisher |
Mahatma Gandhi
→
|
| significantEvent |
served as communication organ for early Satyagraha movements
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used by Gandhi to explain and justify nonviolent resistance → |
| targetAudience |
Indian diaspora in South Africa
→
indentured Indian laborers in South Africa → |
Referenced by (3)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Albert West
("Indian Opinion")
→
Manilal Gandhi ("Indian Opinion") → |
employer |
|
Mahatma Gandhi
→
|
founded |