Question

What was Gandhi’s satyagraha? Why did he call it to be a weapon of the strong people?

Answer 1

Mahatma Gandhi considered satyagraha to be a weapon for the strongest of people. satyagraha is a nonviolent resistance against the oppressors. It involves persistent struggle to appeal to the conscience of the oppressor. He called it the weapon of the strongest people because it takes a lot of strength, courage, patience and perseverance to not raise a violent struggle against injustice.

Answer 2

Answer:The word satyagraha is a compound of two separate words, satya (truth) and agraha(adherence, holding fast). Its root meaning is "holding on the truth. "

Explanation:Gandhi call it to be a weapon of the peoples because satyagraha is a kind of strategy in which the principles were truth and non-violence.