Question

How did gandhi ji proved the power of satyagrah

Answer 1

mahatma Gandhi was discovered a new weapon for fighting. That weapon was Satyagraha. It is a power of soul. It is power of truth and non-violence. He discovered in South Africa. He fought by it in South Africa and India both. He knew its power. So he prepared to people of South Africa and India for it. There were many incident when he described it’s power with examples. Mahatma Gandhi described the power of Satyagraha; “We have no hesitation in saying that the argument is entirely fallacious. Those who advance it do not understand the deep significance and the marvelous power of Satyagraha. It is a counsel of despair to say that Indians will be forced to leave South Africa in the end. We visualize no such possibility. If the Indian community can practice Satyagraha even in a small measure, there is no reason why it should have to leave this country.”1 Mahatma Gandhi described the power of Satyagraha; “The Indians who were present at the function must have seen that such a gathering would have been impossible three years ago. Whites who would formerly have been ashamed to sit with us now come together to honour us and dine with us. We do not want to say that this is something extraordinary; we only want to draw attention to our previous degradation. It is the power of Satyagraha which has changed all this. If people exert still greater strength, we can rise much higher. We wish the Indian community takes from this gathering the lesson that there is no help like self-help. We shall grow strong in proportion to the suffering we go through.”2