Examine the salient features of the Gandhian theory of state in 500 words.
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Gandhism is a body of ideas that describes the inspiration, vision, and the life work of Mohandas Gandhi. The term "Gandhism" also encompasses what Gandhi's ideas, words, and actions mean to people around the world and how they used them for guidance in building their own future.
His emphasis on political tolerance and religious pluralism holds relevance in contemporary Indian politics. Truth, nonviolence, Sarvodaya and Satyagraha and their significance constitute Gandhian philosophy and are the four pillars of Gandhian thought.
In order to ensure allegiance from the citizens the state (which means its authority) applies coercion or violent measures mercilessly. In other words, Gandhi treated both state and violence or coercion synonymous. He further says that there is a state but not violence or coercion in any form cannot be imagined.