Satyagraha

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ethical doctrine philosophy of nonviolence political strategy social movement method

Satyagraha is Mahatma Gandhi’s philosophy and method of nonviolent resistance, emphasizing truth, civil disobedience, and moral courage in the struggle against injustice.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Satyagraha canonical	24
Gandhian movement	2
Gandhian nonviolence	2
Gandhism	2
Satyagraha movement	2
Gandhian nationalism	1
Gandhian nonviolent resistance	1
Indian passive resistance movement in South Africa	1
Satyagraha in South Africa	1
Satyagraha philosophy	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ethical doctrine ⓘ philosophy of nonviolence ⓘ political strategy ⓘ social movement method ⓘ
aimsAt	political change ⓘ resisting injustice ⓘ social reform ⓘ
basedOn	civil disobedience ⓘ moral courage ⓘ nonviolence ⓘ spiritual discipline ⓘ truth ⓘ
contrastsWith	passive resistance ⓘ
coreConcept	ahimsa ⓘ satya ⓘ tapasya ⓘ
creator	Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
describedBy	Mahatma Gandhi in writings and speeches ⓘ
emphasizes	appeal to conscience ⓘ discipline ⓘ fearlessness ⓘ love for the opponent ⓘ self-restraint ⓘ self-suffering ⓘ
etymology	Sanskrit satya (truth) + agraha (firmness or insistence) ⓘ
firstFormulatedBy	Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
firstFormulatedIn	South Africa ⓘ
influenced	American civil rights movement ⓘ César Chávez ⓘ surface form: Cesar Chavez Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ Nelson Mandela ⓘ global nonviolent resistance movements ⓘ
opposes	colonial rule ⓘ oppression ⓘ violence ⓘ
relatedConcept	civil disobedience ⓘ constructive programme ⓘ non-cooperation ⓘ
requires	adherence to truth ⓘ personal integrity ⓘ strict nonviolence in thought, word, and deed ⓘ willingness to accept suffering ⓘ
usedIn	Champaran Satyagraha ⓘ surface form: Champaran agitation Indian independence movement ⓘ Kheda Satyagraha ⓘ Non-Cooperation Movement ⓘ Quit India movement ⓘ surface form: Quit India Movement Salt March ⓘ

Referenced by (37)

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Gandhi Jayanti → relatedTo → Satyagraha ⓘ

The Story of My Experiments with Truth → mainSubject → Satyagraha ⓘ

Sevagram Ashram → associatedWith → Satyagraha ⓘ

Kasturba Gandhi → movement → Satyagraha ⓘ

Non-Cooperation Movement → ideology → Satyagraha ⓘ

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Charles Person → influencedBy → Satyagraha ⓘ

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Narayan Desai → movement → Satyagraha ⓘ

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