Question

What was satyagraha . Explain some of the satyagraha launched by gandhi?

Answer 1

Answer:

In 1918, Mahatma Gandhi went to Ahmedabad to organize a satyagraha movement amongst cotton mill workers. The term Satyagraha was coined by M.K. Gandhi in South Africa to illustrate a passive resistance.To inspire the peasants to protest against the harsh plantation practice was the main objective of this Satyagraha.

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Answer 2

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Explanation:

Mahatma Gandhi returned to India in January 1915. The idea of satyagraha emphasised the power of truth and the need to search for truth.

Then in 1917 he organised a satyagraha to support the peasants of the kheda district of Gujarat. Affected by crop failure and a plague epidemic the peasants of kheda could not pay the revenue and were demanding that revenue collection be relaxed.